Just wondering if anyone has tryed mill ruins park in minneapolis for channels cats yet this year? I was thinking of heading there tomorrow to give it a try.
Tight lines & Take Care!!!
Kevin
March 15, 2011 at 9:19 pm
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Mill Ruins Park???
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March 15, 2011 at 9:41 pm #947471
Just checked it this morning. Still ice covered at the moment.
March 15, 2011 at 10:34 pm #947502Bring the Strikemaster?
March 15, 2011 at 10:55 pm #947505Quote:
Just checked it this morning. Still ice covered at the moment.
How bad is it?
Any thoughts on how long it will be till your able to fish there?
Take Care!!
KevinMarch 15, 2011 at 11:16 pm #947514I am really bad at guessing, but I will say it won’t start breaking up until Sunday-ish.
March 16, 2011 at 1:27 pm #947655I shot down there last week as well, itch got me!
I agree with pug – I would think by Sunday it should start to break apart.
I did get a line wet that night (not at mill) for 3 hours, no bites.
March 16, 2011 at 3:09 pm #947701I see the edge is cracking. When I was down there a couple weeks ago it looked like it would take forever to melt.
March 16, 2011 at 3:11 pm #947703That could have been from me trying to get a line in…..
March 19, 2011 at 4:58 pm #948715Is it still to iced up to fish?
I’ve been unsuccessful in the other spots I’ve tried. I’ve got the itch bad to reel in mister whiskers.
Tight lines!!!
Kevin
March 20, 2011 at 7:17 pm #948973Quote:
Is it still to iced up to fish?
I’ve been unsuccessful in the other spots I’ve tried. I’ve got the itch bad to reel in mister whiskers.
Tight lines!!!
Kevin
It starting to break up, there are a few open sections but ice chunks are floating around in them. Its very close and i will probly be out there soon
March 20, 2011 at 7:21 pm #948975So I should bring my gear into work tomorrow. I probably won’t but, I can run down there at noon-ish and give an update. Looks like if it ain’t tomorrow, it might take a week before I will fish it with the colder temps coming.
March 20, 2011 at 7:26 pm #948978Quote:
So I should bring my gear into work tomorrow. I probably won’t but, I can run down there at noon-ish and give an update. Looks like if it ain’t tomorrow, it might take a week before I will fish it with the colder temps coming.
Do it!! what the worst thing that could happen, no fish
March 21, 2011 at 4:05 pm #949215Tcat, about the time you were posting yesterday, I heard a few guys were down there giving it a shot. Sounds like they didn’t catch anything but I admire their charactor to go out and do it. Except for the next few days and that wind tonight and tomorrow, I would say spring has sprung…..
March 22, 2011 at 12:59 am #949382Could be hard to navigate the ice chunks for a while once they break up more. It was open in front of the discharge (canal) nearest the lock. Then the ice started in between that one and the other canal.
Distant shot
End canal
Canal nearest to the lock
The catfishing stunk, but we got into some crappies and panfish. I am the dude with the cool hat on the left.
March 22, 2011 at 11:54 am #949500No, we never made it up to Knife this year. That was Cross lake. I hoped we catch an accidental channel or sturgeon, but it wasn’t to be.
March 22, 2011 at 4:26 pm #949637
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…and why were you squatting like that?? OH! Never mind.
I Like that hat!!!…Are you a member of the Possum Lodge?
March 22, 2011 at 5:18 pm #949659I don’t care how stupid it looks, I love how warm my rabbit hat is!
March 30, 2011 at 4:40 pm #952236Stopped by today. It looks kind of the same as the pictures I took before, except the ice in front of where we fish is now dark. It is still thicker and white down the lock more to where it hits the main river. Should be open enough to fish by Saturday, but I suspect it will still be blocked further down. That mean ice break off and junk will be floating around and make fishing hard.
March 30, 2011 at 8:13 pm #952295I can upload the ones from today tonight.
March 30, 2011 at 11:41 pm #952362I’ve fished it twice already! hahah – guessing thats why Ryan wont fish it yet. I think I’m the guinea pig
March 31, 2011 at 12:58 am #952402Yes, tell us when you finally catch one.
These are todays photos. Most the dark areas are ice, not open water.
March 31, 2011 at 4:32 pm #952600It’ll be interesting to see how the bite is this year being it is a late ice out.
April 1, 2011 at 3:37 pm #953051Don’t even bother going down there for 2 weeks. I went to check it out and there were barricades blocking the drive down the hill.
I asked a guy in a one ton what was going on and they said they are starting to doing some some cleaning of debris off the bottom and dredging the channel a little deeper before opening the lock. It is going to take at least a week he said. I noticed the big crane/backhoe looking thing down there when I turned around and left.
This sucks.
April 1, 2011 at 6:55 pm #953140wow, BK is the new look!
April 1, 2011 at 8:43 pm #953191Some people say I’m a trend setter.
April 2, 2011 at 3:13 am #953283No bites huh?
April 2, 2011 at 10:58 am #953304Quote:
Don’t even bother going down there for 2 weeks. I went to check it out and there were barricades blocking the drive down the hill.
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This sucks.
I’m sitting in an Explorer SportTrac at mill ruin this very moment wih 2 perfect eaters on the stringer and we’ve oly been here for 45 minutes so far.
I fart in your general direction, Mr. Hamsterson-Elderberry!
Helluva good way to start the season…
April 2, 2011 at 11:16 am #953311DUDE! You eat fish out of that water and they will make your hair go straight!
April 2, 2011 at 12:42 pm #953340So is it wide open? I might head up there this evening.
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