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Count on it. One of IDO’s newest employes, Ben Brettingen, is a bit of a sturgeon guy early season before morphing into a muskie nut after the opener. He made me promise we were going to do a sturgeon show this spring… and a promise is a promise.
Awesome I can’t wait! 
thanks James! I looked at St Croix site and the only 6′ 8″ was the model LXS68MXF is this what you would recommend? Also why do you prefer the longer rod? I went and looked through my rods and they are all 6′ or shorter, I have a son who is really good at breaking off the tips. Of course if I invest in a rod like that he will only be able to look at it. From a distance.
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thanks James! I looked at St Croix site and the only 6′ 8″ was the model LXS68MXF is this what you would recommend? Also why do you prefer the longer rod? I went and looked through my rods and they are all 6′ or shorter, I have a son who is really good at breaking off the tips. Of course if I invest in a rod like that he will only be able to look at it. From a distance.
The LXS68MXF is the best rod I’ve found for fishing heavier heads and plastics. The action on it is stiff enough at the tip to handle 1/2 oz jigs yet sensitive enough to feel everything going on under the water. The taper / transition from tip section into the meat of the blank is very quick meaning when you decided to set the hook the energy transfers very quickly to the hook point.
I feel the longer rods do a much better job controlling jigs when casting and the major manufacturers (Croix and Loomis) have been building longer blanks that have the right action to fish jigs while their shorter rods tend to be a bit “clubby” or far too whippy. The shortest walleye rod I own is 6’6″ and I haven’t used it in years with my rod preference definitely moving towards longer rods over the past 10 years or so.
Hope this helps.
looks like you guys were fishing canada side of river? Any info on cost for license and if you need a remote border crossing permit or what is needed to fish both sides of the river freely would be nice as an easy way to get out of traffic trolling three ways can be a blast to helps find them them you can sit over them with jigs nice show well done
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looks like you guys were fishing canada side of river? Any info on cost for license and if you need a remote border crossing permit or what is needed to fish both sides of the river freely would be nice as an easy way to get out of traffic trolling three ways can be a blast to helps find them them you can sit over them with jigs nice show well done
The Ontario license will cost you $50 – $80 depending on which one you get (conservation or sportsman) and the RABC is another $30 on top of that.
RABC info >>> http://cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/prog/canpass/rabc-pfre/menu-eng.html
Ontario license >>> http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/en/Business/LetsFish/2ColumnSubPage/STEL02_165336.html
You don’t need to fish Canada to catch fish on the Rainy… the darn fish are everywhere. I like having the RABC and the Ontario license so I don’t have to worry about crossing the line. That peace of mind alone is well worth the money in my opinion.
To just fish the river on the Ontario side do you also need a passport to purchase the Canadian license?
It’s fun to watch two grown men reverting back to childhood joy and remembering how fun fishing is. And what fishing is still all about. Granted it’s a source of income for many. But it’s so much more. Great show!
Longer rods make everything easier. And for some odd reason, funner. Or in this case funnier.
Hope the LOW tourism bureaus profit sharing check is in the mail. Cause I’d guess the ramps, resorts, restaurants, etc are going to be a bit busier this spring.
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To just fish the river on the Ontario side do you also need a passport to purchase the Canadian license?
If your just fishing the Canadian side of the river you have 2 options as I see it…
1. Launch in MN and drive boat across river and fish Ontario side…
2. Drive into Ontario and launch in Ontario and fish only Ontario side. This would be a lot more work as you would need to declare yourself at Customs and you would need a passport to get back into the US.
If you get the RABC you will need 2 forms of ID if you don’t have a passport. Copy of Drivers License and birth cert is what I used prior to passport. IF you have a passport then just a copy of photo and signature page is all you need to get the RABC.
Do NOT get caught fishing in Canada w/o license or RABC, very hefty fines. If you are fishing in Canada also they have zero tolerance for alcohol, if using live bait make sure you have a receipt showing proof of purchase of canadian minnows…..seems funny but they like to write tickets.
I did a little more looking on the web about fishing the rainy and they are talking about fishing before the rapids at birchdale. A lot farther down the river than I thought, I was thinking you put in at Baudette. I also thought that fishing the rainy would be like fishing the mississippi in the spring with a lot of boats and in the video just a few boats can be seen, is this because you are on the Canada side or maybe middle of week and not so many people. Where do most put in? Thanks
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I did a little more looking on the web about fishing the rainy and they are talking about fishing before the rapids at birchdale. A lot farther down the river than I thought, I was thinking you put in at Baudette. I also thought that fishing the rainy would be like fishing the mississippi in the spring with a lot of boats and in the video just a few boats can be seen, is this because you are on the Canada side or maybe middle of week and not so many people. Where do most put in? Thanks
The river CRAWLS with boats so don’t let the lack of seeing them in the video fool you. We just don’t film them. It won’t matter where you fish you’ll have people around you. Lines at the landings can stretch for hundreds of yards…
As far as the stretch people fish everything from 4 Mile Bay and on upstream will have boats. But it doesn’t matter. There’s fish everywhere and everyone is catching.
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The river CRAWLS with boats so don’t let the lack of seeing them in the video fool you. We just don’t film them. It won’t matter where you fish you’ll have people around you. Lines at the landings can stretch for hundreds of yards…
He ain’t kidding. Here’s a few pics from ’08.
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The river CRAWLS with boats so don’t let the lack of seeing them in the video fool you. We just don’t film them. It won’t matter where you fish you’ll have people around you. Lines at the landings can stretch for hundreds of yards…
He ain’t kidding. Here’s a few pics from ’08.
Wow that doesn’t look like to much fun. Although the reward looks like it might be worth it.
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Wow that doesn’t look like to much fun. Although the reward looks like it might be worth it.
Man, fun is what Rainy is all about. Everybody out there is “all smiles.” 
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Wow that doesn’t look like to much fun. Although the reward looks like it might be worth it.
Man, fun is what Rainy is all about. Everybody out there is “all smiles.”
I’ll bet it can be a real family orientated area at times. No cursing I’m sure. 
Wow is right! I thought the Mississippi was bad in the spring. This thread has the right subject line ” I hate you James” I do not mind buying some pulse r from B fish and tackle and will probably really enjoy buying a nice new rod and using it but I really never felt the need to go to rainy river until I watched your show. 
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The river CRAWLS with boats so don’t let the lack of seeing them in the video fool you. We just don’t film them. It won’t matter where you fish you’ll have people around you. Lines at the landings can stretch for hundreds of yards…
He ain’t kidding. Here’s a few pics from ’08.
Dang, and I thought combat fishing for salmon on the Great Lakes was bad enough.
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