How cool is it when you can get off work, 5 min. to the landing and 30 sec. to your fishing spot!!! I should have listened to Pete, Don and Dean a LONG TIME AGO as this little river really can cure the itch. Russ(Lund85) joined me for the afternoon and I think we have another person in this world who is addicted to ringworms! Really, things did not change much from the last trip, water temp was a high of 34F but the flow was down a little and clarity was better. The fish are there, but think the melt water has them still on the slow side, combined with clearer water would only toughen the bite-which was evident as guys were reporting fishing was slow and very sporatic. The game plan was the same, but added a new wrinkle to the mix toward the evening hours: ringworms. Very few in Menomonie even know what this is, so to keep it on the short side-contact Dean Marshall at Evert’s Resort and he will set you up in short order. Being able to fish into the later afternoon, I gambled that the fish would be the most active then for the entire day and some would chase plastics-it worked. Essentially, moving water is moving water-so same game plan as the ole Mississip-just on a smaller scale. All the fish were still males (except for one 5lb plus big girl I lost at boatside 
and only 5 walleyes caught on the day—but the ones that hit just CRUSHED the ringworm, as attested by the pics. The hot color was char. orange core with purple char. tail also bring in some fish. We had a slugful of short bites, in which the fish were just grabbing the back of the ringie-on for second and then magically let go, which is common with half hearted strikes in cold water. On the day, 5 walleyes and 2 pike came to the net-so for a quick trip who can complain! 
BTW, Dean, I have a feeling Russ is going to come down there and totally bend your ear in half about ringworms!
March 31, 2011 at 1:36 pm
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This was my second time draggin ringies after dark with Doc and I am now fully addicted. I love the anticipation of the THUNK 
