Lake Zumbro…

I was out to the lake this morning and fished a corner that opens up early. I was fishing from shore and found things a bit tough going. I ended up with three craps and a northern that bite off. The craps were fed a variety of plastics, but only responded to a small 1″ twister by bumping it. By switching to minnows I was able to get the three craps, none of which had record-setter qualities….eight and a half to 10 inches. The toothie bit off a tube. They had about two inches of wet garbage fall on them through the night out there and that sort of shot the fishing in the foot. The water was dirty and varying in temps quite a bit, ranging from 35.5 degrees in one area to 40 a hundred feet away. The fish were all down at least 6 feet and appeared tenetive at the hit. None of them really “took” it. The rising barometer has more than likely played a role in the tough bite, but if tomorrow’s forecast holds together, I will most likely try it again. Later, people.

is that corner public fishing? me and my freind are planning on going up there on saterday to try and get some craps. and when your on highway 52 when do you turn off to get there and how do you get to the corner that is open?

Thanks for the update Tom. Hopefully not too much longer and more ice will be gone. The ice breaker is going through Pepin tomorrow it sounds like so we are getting closer to spring.
Thanks, Bill

The ice breaker is in front of Lake City right now!!! Anybody feel like throwing ”ice melt” on the ice at Lake Zumbro? Could be a good job for Jake to keep him out of trouble. Or even for Tom when he takes his walk to check things out for us.
Thanks, Bill

Hey Bill,

Yep, open water would be great! I will still be fishing through the ice until it gets bad. The backwaters still have 20 inches of good solid ice, but I suppose the weather which we are going to have for this next week will take care of a lot of it.

The fishing below the dams should also get hot very soon – maybe even this weekend.

Good Fishing,
Mike

come on now Bill……”ice melt”???………seriously???………that CANNOT be good for the fish

now if you could hook me up with a couple high quality blow torches or something………

I second what Tom said Jake. Melt the ice away. If we did it your way Jake we would be catching ”already cooked fish” as you would be boiling the water.
Thanks, Bill

Not to offer an idea that maybe Jake is not hot because of his lady prowess, but I suspect it could be due to eating some foods that produce large amounts of methane. At any rate, I favor the idea of him jumping in the lake!

Good Fishing,
Mike

if i could get the names and numbers of these “Young Lady Sources” sir Tom is speaking of…… I’ll jump in any lake or river you want me too

and by the way……..anybody notice that I CAUGHT A FISH TODAY!!!

WOW! A Fish! Let’s hear the details!!!

oh man…..you should have seen this guy…..it had fins and gills and scales and everything.

Are you sure it wasn’t a Mermaid? A fish maybe…Not.
Thanks, Bill

Drove out to Lake Zumbro today [Fishermans Inn area] to check the ice melting sitsuation and found that some more ice had melted. Still a long ways to go but the fishing peers there have open water in front of them. Spring is getting closer guys.
Thanks, Bill