My son and I will be fishing the St. Croix on Saturday, this will be our first time fishing on the river as we have almost exclusiveley fished inland lakes. Any suggestion on where to start what to use? areas to be carefull with the boat? I think we will start in the Prescott area.
You came to the right place although I can’t help you out many others will. One thing that I do when on new water is to pay close attention to what others are doing and using.
Good Luck
Opener = Neck down areas.
Prescott, Kinni narrows, Afton (Catfish Bar) and the narrows from the 94 bridge to the swing bridge. Keep it simple and verticle. There will be a lot of boats out!
-J.
What John said. Bottom bouncers with live bait ussually works good. Crawlers, leechs, minnows. I prefer them in that order. Sometimes with a spinner, sometimes just a plain hook. If you make it to Borderline tonight, SteveO promises to give up his secret spot again this year.
I can guarentee that 90% of my day on Saturday will be spent in the areas Jon posted (with the exception of Prescott). I don’t normally go south of the Kinni.
If you go south of Prescot, watch the red channel markers. There are wing dams on the inside of them. Also, pin your fishing license to your outer jacket. There will be a number of DNR folks out and it’s normal to be check 2 or even 3 times.
…and an out of date boat registration sticker sticks out like a sore thumb. 
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Opener = Neck down areas.
Prescott, Kinni narrows, Afton (Catfish Bar) and the narrows from the 94 bridge to the swing bridge. Keep it simple and verticle. There will be a lot of boats out!
-J.
Good places to start but with the water down and depending on the temps I would say that the fish may be well on their way if not already at their summer haunts which will equal some deeper water structure and steep breaks into deeper water. The croix fishes alot more like a basin or lake than it does a river. trolling lead will get good #’s in the boat and possibly get you a 5+ lb fish while vertical jigging always lands fish, rigging live bait is good this time of year as well if you can find some current. Dont over look the spots that look sweet to you on the graph those spots are usally holding some nice fish 
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Kirk
If I could catch 1/2 the walleye that you do I would consider myself fortunate. How many brewskis do I have to buy you before you start sharing some secret spots!
Half of zero is zero
Jesse,
Key point to remember….
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this will be our first time fishing on the river …..
You got any GPS coordinates for the guy?
-J.
that’s about right for me and walleye on the ‘Croix.
BTW my secret spot is Turtle Flambeau Flowage- iron county wi
Steve, I thought you targeted those huge spawning smallies on Walleye opener?
DTWH,,,,,
PM SENT!
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You got any GPS coordinates for the guy?
I didn’t think a person needed a gps to find the train bridge. 
Suzuki and BK
QUIET! don;t let the cat out of the bag! 
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You got any GPS coordinates for the guy?
-J.
Not coordinates but I’ll tell ya the best place to fish is in the water , I dont even have any coordinates I have spots in the memory bank 
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Steve, I thought you targeted those huge spawning smallies on Walleye opener?
No Mike, that’s me! 
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…I have spots in the memory bank
Too many beers tonight will cause spots in your memory bank…
If you go out of Prescott Remember to pay the launch Fee we have a New PARKING cop. And my taxes arn’t high enough ?
Well, how’d you do?
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