Moving

  • boos1906
    Posts: 643
    June 11, 2009 at 11:31 am #1263233

    Hey guys I just got the ok from the fiance tonite to start saveing money for a move. I wanna move somewhere with awesome walleye fishing. If it has open water most of the year that’s even better. My fiance is 25 and I am 24. We have two small children. She is a nurse. We would like to live in a town of 40,000-100,000 people. What lakes are around rochester mn? She would have no problem getting a job at maddonna. Just wanted some of your guys opinions on where to move. Thanks guys

    chris-tuckner
    Hastings/Isle MN
    Posts: 12318
    June 11, 2009 at 12:45 pm #783291

    Bemidji and Grand Rapids would be good choices as well!

    boos1906
    Posts: 643
    June 11, 2009 at 12:57 pm #783295

    Those are minute correct?

    chris-tuckner
    Hastings/Isle MN
    Posts: 12318
    June 11, 2009 at 12:59 pm #783296

    Huh? I’ll bet you are typing from a Crackberry, and you typed MN and it auto spelled MINUTE, huh? Mine does that all the friggin time. drives me nuts!

    Roch you would have Pool 4 open year around. Bemidji and GR are in northern MN. Small towns with the bigger town feel. GREAT lakes close by!!!

    ottomatica
    Lino Lakes, MN
    Posts: 1380
    June 11, 2009 at 1:07 pm #783297

    Not many lakes by Rochester, it would probably be the River and Zumbro there.

    St. Cloud, Duluth and Brainerd would be a couple other possibilities. All MiNute.

    boos1906
    Posts: 643
    June 11, 2009 at 1:11 pm #783299

    Yes I am typing from a blackberry. Is the walleye fishing pretty good on pool 4 at rochester? I have never fished a river before. How much different is it from a lake? I have heard they are a lot harder to understand. Is that true? Thanks for the help chris?

    pickeral_boy
    Posts: 162
    June 11, 2009 at 2:35 pm #783305

    Come to Canada! Lot’s of great fishing spots in LOTW….

    redneck
    Rosemount
    Posts: 2627
    June 11, 2009 at 6:23 pm #783308

    If I had my choice of any place to live in MN I would pick Red Wing!!!! It is a little small for what you are looking for but it is the center of the universe as far as Walleye fishing in Minnesota

    Mocha
    Park Rapids
    Posts: 1452
    June 11, 2009 at 7:18 pm #783310

    All great choices! You could also look at Detroit Lakes MN. Tons of great fishing and only 45 miles from Fargo/Moorhead.

    stuart
    Mn.
    Posts: 3682
    June 11, 2009 at 8:17 pm #783320

    Red Wing Mn.Close enuff to the twin cities and Rochester to commute for work and the fishing is real good.
    Wont take long to learn to fish the river.

    big_g
    Isle, MN
    Posts: 22456
    June 11, 2009 at 8:32 pm #783324

    What is madonna, as a place to work ??? St Cloud has no good river fishing….. Just only about 100+ lakes within 30 minutes… Where are you moving from ??? Congrats on the green light

    big G

    sgt._rock
    Rochester, MN
    Posts: 2517
    June 11, 2009 at 10:40 pm #783379

    If your significant other is a nurse then Rochester is the place to be. Nurses are in demand here. And it’s hard to beat the quality of Pool 4 for fish. 35 miles to Lake City and 55 miles to Deans front door at Everts. Well at least from my house.

    kooty
    Keymaster
    1 hour 15 mins to the Pond
    Posts: 18101
    June 11, 2009 at 10:53 pm #783383

    Where are you moving from?? Moving to Mn can give a person sticker shock if you are coming from a place like SD. State income tax. Very high property taxes. Wages that are slightly above average compared to neighboring states. The cost of living in MN is quite high.

    All that said, the fishing in this state is probably second to only Canada. However, without leaving the state, you can catch monster walleyes year round. Trophy catfish & sturgeon at the right times. Then throw in a musky and the very little mentioned salmonoids(not even sure this is a word) of Superior, it’s pretty darn good. All within a day’s drive for the most part.

    From what you described, Rochester is going to be a great place for your wife to work and have the size of community she desires. Pool 4 is a year round fishery that many would argue is tops in the nation. Certainly top 5 in my book. I would stay away from the Minneapolis/St.Paul area. Ya, it’s got it’s perks, but the commutes and other BS of the big city take their tole on me.

    Good luck in your search!!

    boos1906
    Posts: 643
    June 12, 2009 at 12:12 am #783409

    We are moving from nebraska. Thanks for all the help guys. Keep your ideas coming

    oldrat
    Upper Midwest
    Posts: 1531
    June 12, 2009 at 9:41 am #783533

    Let me settle it for YOU.. LA CROSSE.. the best small town in the country.. the river. THE river THE River.. THE RIVER.. bass by the 100’s.. walleyes.. cat’s

    two great hospitals.. ZERO CRIME.. FINEST SCHOOLS IN WISCONSIN..

    and you can live in LaCrescent, Minnesota and be 3 minutes from downtown LaCrosse. its all the same community.

    and the other day my wife said, hey do you know where the house key is? Yes, I got it I said..

    We used it last year.. for a week.

    you can walk around all night.. everyone waves and says hi..

    its sunlight til 9 pm right now.. and you can go fishing at a drop of the hat.. and the boat launches ARE FREE….

    trust me, come here.. and its all over.. its 15 degrees warmer then Minneapolis in the winter.. AT LEAST.. no traffic.. Eagles.. DEER IN YOUR BACK YARD.. GEESE.. Ducks.. ice fishing..

    YOU NAME IT, LACROSSE HAS IT.. by far over every where else..

    big_g
    Isle, MN
    Posts: 22456
    June 12, 2009 at 10:06 am #783539

    Sounds alot like St Cloud… minus the zero crime.. and weather

    big G

    boos1906
    Posts: 643
    June 12, 2009 at 10:08 am #783541

    What’s the population there? What pool is that there

    perch_44
    One step ahead of the Warden.
    Posts: 1589
    June 12, 2009 at 6:17 pm #783576

    LaCrosse would be a great area. and the waterfowl hunting is phenomonal on that pool of the river!

    another option for you is the Brainerd/Baxter area. big enough to find a job, yet “up north” still. and a short drive to “The Pond”…

    big shooter
    HAGER CITY, WI
    Posts: 146
    June 12, 2009 at 8:01 pm #783591

    I’m with redneck, Redwing is a great place to hang your hat,great fishing on pool 4 and Fairview hospital is rite in town.Good luck in your move.

    Steve Plantz
    SE MN
    Posts: 12240
    June 12, 2009 at 10:14 pm #783626

    Quote:

    If your significant other is a nurse then Rochester is the place to be. Nurses are in demand here. And it’s hard to beat the quality of Pool 4 for fish. 35 miles to Lake City and 55 miles to Deans front door at Everts. Well at least from my house.

    Actually with the economy the way it is Mayo is not hiring right now, I know nursing students who are not able to get jobs right now but hopefully that will not last forever and things will turn around. If your wife can get into Mayo and you were to move to Lake City or Redwing she could ride the one of the commuter buses to work and they are very reasonable.

    yellowdog
    Alma Wi
    Posts: 1303
    June 13, 2009 at 5:02 am #783760

    don’t leave out Eau Claire. Similar proximity to pools 4 and 5 and starting to get reasonable distance to the north country. Ithink there are 2 hospitals, 1 a Mayo affiliate, the other a Gunderson Lutheran.

    oldrat
    Upper Midwest
    Posts: 1531
    June 15, 2009 at 9:05 am #784068

    well lets see, YOU CAN LIVE WITHIN 3 minutes of the river or 45 minutes or more. You can live in a town that twice has been named number ONE in the country or not.

    You can work at the ORIGINAL GUNDERSON LUTHERAN, or St.Francis which is Mayo affiliated.

    and you can live where its 10 degrees warmer all WINTER or not.. You choose..

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