Summer bite is here

  • northstar42
    west central Minnesotsa
    Posts: 921
    May 24, 2010 at 5:53 pm #1221890

    Went up the Mississippi from Clearwater Friday. My favorite place to fish ever. The summer bite is on. 1 northern (on cut bait), 2 Smallmouth bass, 3 suckers (kept one to replace the one I was using for bait 5 carp, 19 channel cat. Largest cat was 27″. 30 fish for the day. Not bad for one guy and one pole. Cut bait caught a few but worms were the bait of the day.

    In addition, 1 deer, 1 tom turkey, 19 Bald Eagles and too many geese to count. The most puzzling thing of the day was I only saw one pair of geese with goslings. Usually, there are hundreds of goslings. Did the cold snap do them in?

    On the calendar to go again this coming Friday.

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    May 24, 2010 at 6:07 pm #874479

    I went to some back water on pool 2 hoping for some crappies. The water was 72 degrees! They must have vacated a while ago. The summer bite was on at the opening though. Missed 2 fish that hit my small sucker. I am guess they were channels.

    olisflyrod
    Lakeville MN
    Posts: 157
    May 24, 2010 at 8:53 pm #874549

    Great fishing! In my backyard here in Lakeville I have seen a coyote a few times this spring and a lot fewer goslings. I wonder if there are more coyotes around then we think!

    dfresh
    Fridley, MN
    Posts: 3053
    May 24, 2010 at 9:29 pm #874565

    Weird, I was just commenting to my buddy today that there were a ton more ducklings around this year. Maybe with the mild spring those geese already grew up and flew away!

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    May 24, 2010 at 9:29 pm #874566

    The GF had one gosling hanging around her work. I told her that the rest may have joined another clan and left this one by himself with his parents, as goslings seem to group up with one pair of adults. After hearing this and not seeing 1 gosling yet this year, I wonder if something did happen to keep their numbers down.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    May 24, 2010 at 9:43 pm #874573

    Must have had something to do with the two shotgun per person law that was passed last fall…no, the limit was reduced.

    larry_haugh
    MN
    Posts: 1767
    May 24, 2010 at 10:53 pm #874590

    Okay Goose Lovers…. you guys go and start your own thread… Lets get this one back on track..

    Way to Go NorthStar sounds like you had your hands full (of fish). Thanks for taking time to share.

    perch_44
    One step ahead of the Warden.
    Posts: 1589
    May 25, 2010 at 2:57 pm #874791

    Quote:

    Okay Goose Lovers…. you guys go and start your own thread… Lets get this one back on track..

    Way to Go NorthStar sounds like you had your hands full (of fish). Thanks for taking time to share.

    are you seeing more goslings, and at an earlier date out by you?

    i know i’ve been seeing a bunch around here lately.

    northstar42
    west central Minnesotsa
    Posts: 921
    June 10, 2010 at 4:16 pm #878860

    Hard to believe, I went up the river a week later and there were goslings everywhere. I have no idea where they were a week ago, but glad to see them.

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