Consolation Prize

  • armchairdeity
    Phoenix, AZ, formerly from the NW 'Burbs, Minneapolis, MN, USA
    Posts: 1620
    April 8, 2011 at 11:57 pm #1222235

    Well, I am alternately ambivalent and heartbroken over missing this year’s Sturgeon Excursion. Alas my loss… but I have something of a consolation prize. Something I’ve used the last couple days to great success.

    Hopefully I’ll bring home a few shovelnose from the St. Croix this year…

    The sausages in the picture are fresh polish sausage from Cub… and D*MN they were tasty!

    Ralph Wiggum
    Maple Grove, MN
    Posts: 11764
    April 9, 2011 at 12:18 pm #955476

    Quote:

    Hopefully I’ll bring home a few shovelnose from the St. Croix this year…


    Pretty sure you can only keep shovelnose on the Mississippi downstream of the Red Wing dam.

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    April 9, 2011 at 2:22 pm #955494

    Quote:

    Pretty sure you can only keep shovelnose on the Mississippi downstream of the Red Wing dam.


    If he is like me, I always get pool 3+ mixed up with being the St. Croix. I never fished the pools as a kid and it is sort of engrained in my brain that the river with MN on one side and WI on the other is the St. Croix.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    April 10, 2011 at 2:21 am #955565

    Quote:

    If he is like me, I always get pool 3+ mixed up with being the St. Croix.

    Pool 4 would be where the shovels start. Although I’m not sure why, seems to be quite a few caught up stream too.

    dfresh
    Fridley, MN
    Posts: 3053
    April 10, 2011 at 12:37 pm #955606

    Isn’t the confluence with the MN on P2? Plenty of shovels in there!

    Ralph Wiggum
    Maple Grove, MN
    Posts: 11764
    April 10, 2011 at 12:41 pm #955608

    Quote:

    Isn’t the confluence with the MN on P2? Plenty of shovels in there!

    Yeah, but they are only legal on P4 and south.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    April 10, 2011 at 1:45 pm #955636

    Thanks for the clarification Ralf.

    From Lock and Dam #3 South the limit is 10 shovels.

    I still want to smoke one of them. I just get too much satisfaction giving them a kiss and releasing them.

    sauger
    Hastings ,MN
    Posts: 2442
    April 10, 2011 at 2:17 pm #955655

    Quote:

    Thanks for the clarification Ralf.

    From Lock and Dam #3 South the limit is 10 shovels.

    I still want to smoke one of them. I just get too much satisfaction giving them a kiss and releasing them.

    Your such a player

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    April 10, 2011 at 2:44 pm #955661

    Your Tuckner’s son. Need I say more?

    armchairdeity
    Phoenix, AZ, formerly from the NW 'Burbs, Minneapolis, MN, USA
    Posts: 1620
    April 11, 2011 at 10:21 am #955819

    Quote:

    Quote:

    Pretty sure you can only keep shovelnose on the Mississippi downstream of the Red Wing dam.


    If he is like me, I always get pool 3+ mixed up with being the St. Croix.

    As much as it creeps me out to say this, I am, indeed, like Mike in this case. I meant the Miss south of the Red Wing dam. Ooops. I just want to try to some smoked sturgeon is all…

    And Brian, when they say “smoking them” they don’t mean like a cigar… they mean cooking them slowly with indirect heat.

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