Cannon Falls-Randolf area

  • yellowjacket
    Byron, MN
    Posts: 1013
    January 31, 2005 at 12:49 am #1317284

    I have heard of a reservoir between Cannon Falls and Randolf (where they dammed the river??)

    Anyone know where this is?

    First time poster here, but looking to be a long time reader

    clarence_chapman
    Hastings, MN Lake Isabel activist
    Posts: 1345
    January 31, 2005 at 1:00 am #339620

    Welcome to the site.
    Lake Bylsby (Sp?).
    I personally don’t know a lot about it but someone will be on here soon who does.

    yellowjacket
    Byron, MN
    Posts: 1013
    January 31, 2005 at 1:04 am #339621

    Thanx for the info…quick too…..I’m guessing someone will know….I’m unbelievably happy to have found this site…ice fishing is my winter outdoor passion!!!!!

    bill_cadwell
    Rochester, Minnesota
    Posts: 12607
    January 31, 2005 at 2:53 am #339644

    Welcome to the site. Great to have you with us. Please feel free to share and post all you want. It is on the west side of Cannon Falls approx. a mile or so west of Hwy 52. The road that takes you out of Cannon Falls across the bridge will take you to it. Below is a link to a thread on the Southern Minnesota Forum abot that body of water.

    Lake Byllesby

    yellowjacket
    Byron, MN
    Posts: 1013
    January 31, 2005 at 4:13 pm #339725

    Thanx for the info…..i’ll have to meander up that way….

    gary_wellman
    South Metro
    Posts: 6057
    January 31, 2005 at 7:09 pm #339799

    Welcome to the site Yellowjacket.

    Shoot me a PM, or ask away…..I’ve spent some time there, along with a few others from the site here.

    yellowjacket
    Byron, MN
    Posts: 1013
    February 1, 2005 at 12:38 am #339880

    Happy to be here…possibly going up this weekend and taking my son with me…any maps of the lake, or ways to find the spots? Fish depths, holes, ledges, etc?

    D

    gary_wellman
    South Metro
    Posts: 6057
    February 1, 2005 at 1:01 am #339889

    If you can, try and find the “pines”. This is on the north side of the lake. You will see some ice houses up there. What happened was a few years back………..a few people dumped their christmas trees in the lake to make some structure for the fish. Well, this is where the crappies and bass hang out, plus some nice eyes…….

    Along this “structure” is also a break line, where the depth shoots from 17fow to about 12fow. It has some small inside turns and cuts. If you can get on this, it will generally produce for you.

    Problem is, that since the lake is structureless for the “most part” it is hard to show you on a map…….

    Shoot me a pm with your email address and let me see what I can conjure up!!!!

    yellowjacket
    Byron, MN
    Posts: 1013
    February 1, 2005 at 1:15 am #339895

    Wow, good info…how much ice??? Driveable? Dragable?

    say your prayers before stepping foot?

    How deep does this pond get?

    D

    gary_wellman
    South Metro
    Posts: 6057
    February 1, 2005 at 3:06 pm #339981

    BE CAREFULL DRIVING ON THE LAKE!!!!!!!

    It is a reservior, so with that said, their is always the chance of the water table dropping below the ice. PLUS there is always a little bit of current in the system. Drive where all the others drive, don’t go exploring on your own!!!!

    The lake isn’t that deep on the main part. About 25′ or so in the middle. As you go north (the lake does run east-west), you will come into the channel on the system. This is where it jumps from about 17-20 fow up to about 10-12 fow. This channel cuts in and out, snaking through the system.

    yellowjacket
    Byron, MN
    Posts: 1013
    February 2, 2005 at 1:10 am #340132

    Thanx for the advise…r u telling me I probably should take portables instead of pulling my popup portable on the lake??

    Any other advise on a good place to go Saturday, takin’ kids, wanna catch fish….nice fish is a bonus….any help is appreciated

    gary_wellman
    South Metro
    Posts: 6057
    February 2, 2005 at 3:13 pm #340248

    Plenty of perms on the lake. Take it!!!

    yellowjacket
    Byron, MN
    Posts: 1013
    February 2, 2005 at 3:15 pm #340251

    YEah, I’ll haul it up and get a visual…..bring the porties in case i get nervous…..gonna be in the 40’s allllll week..a little pucker factor come saturday…hee hee

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