Rochester Area Fisherman league

Well, you guys are off the hook for tonight as I’m gonna have to be a no show.

On top of double duty parenting duties, I’m heading out of town tomorrow for a race and I need to get things packed up for that.

Oh, well I’m sure I’ll be able to catch up with the 20 points I plan to get in the last event.

Andy

Heres a few pics of tonights [6-22-06] RAF Get Together. Heres Mike [HOF] with a very nice crappie.

Heres Ron [RHW] with a nice bullgill. Rons a bullgill geru in my mind. Between Ron and Mike you have many many years of experience fishing for panfish. Both really know their stuff.

Heres a little fishing expert thats going to give everyone a run for their money when hes older. Hes really hooked on fishing and had a blast tonight.

Heres another pic of the ”Fishin Machine” with another fish. One happy guy I can see. Thats what its all about. Sharing fishing and making special memories forever. Nice fish Bud.

The next RAF Get Together will be two weeks from tonight. It will be at Lake Zumbro again and everyone is welcome. You can have as many people in the boat as you want so bring the wife and kids and have some fun. Its a fun fishing get together with NO entry fee. Its from 5:00-8:30 and if you can’t make it at 5:00 just come late. And its FREE.

I was able to get on the water at 7:00 tonight and caught a few small bass. Weather was fantastic and felt great being on the water having fun. These get togethers are very low key so come out and have some fun. We all hear about the one that got away ….well heres a pic of the one that got away. I caught this northern right before time to head back to the landing and since northerns aren’t one of the fish allowed tonight I just lifted him up some to try get a quick pic and afterwards he broke the line.

Mike will be posting the top three places so far later as we keep score [points] from each get together.
Thanks, Bill

You know what Bill, the smile on that kids face kind of tells it all.

It sure does Bud. Thats whats so great about fishing. You don’t need a 10 lb walleye or a 20 lb northern or a 6 lb bass. All you need is to spend alittle time on the water with your kids or a neighbor kid and just catch a few fish and they get very excited and are full of smiles. Yes gas prices are high BUT there are ALOT of bodies of water in the Rochester area that you can fish from a boat or from shore and catch a bunch of fish. This year I’m hoping we ALL can share our fishing experiences from this area with each other and make us all more aware of all the fishing opportunities we have right here at our finger tips so to speak. Even us bigger kids get excited when we get to go fishing.

Looks like another great time last night. Boy those expressions on the kids face are priceless. Wish I could have been able to make it out last night. Don’t see any conficts with the final event though.

Andy

Well here’s my report from last night.

Alex and I were having some serious troubles. Every thing went wrong. I know, I know excuses are like, well nevermind that one. But throughout our mishaps Alex did seem to get some points last night. Myself, I got zero points. Oh well, it was still a fun night to be out and see all of you guys!

p.s. Bill got wet AGAIN

Here are the results from last night:

Sunfish:

1st place tie: 9 inches – Ron Weltzin and Mike Smith – 4 points each

3rd place: 7 inches – Alex Thorn – 1 point

Crappie:

1st place – 12 inches – Mike Smith – 5 points

2nd place – 10 3/4 inches – Greg Halleland – 3 points

3rd place – 10 inches – Ron Weltzin – 1 point

Bass:

1st place – 13 1/4 inches – Kyle Peda – 5 points

2nd place – 12 1/8 inches – Alex Thorn – 3 points

3rd place – 7 1/2 inches – Mike Smith – 1 point

Catfish:

no entries

Totals for the night:

Mike Smith – 10 points

Ron Weltzin – 5 points

Kyle Peda – 5 points

Alex Thorn – 4 points

Greg Halleland – 3 points

Point standings after 5 events:

Mike Smith 25 points

Alex Thorn 20 1/2 points

Andy Wilhorn 14 points

Dan Theim 12 points

Ron Weltzin 12 points

Evan McNeilus 5 points

Kyle Peda 5 points

Desiree Bohulano 4 points

Greg Halleland 3 points

Fernando Bohulano 3 points

Mike McNeilus 3 points

Tyler Holm 1/2 point

Thanks to everyone who came out to fish last night. Just one more event left for this first series – July 6th at Lake Zumbro.

Good Fishing,

Mike

Once again Mike thanks for posting these results! I appreciate all the hard work you’re putting into this.

Mike, I’ll second Dan and thanks for setting this up and posting the results.It was a great night to be out even though it was a tough bite. Greg P.S. It was good to meet everyone also.

Of course, the time I can’t make it Greg you show up. Hopefully the next event.

Andy

Andy, thats always the way it goes!! I figured I’d better wait to show-up on a night your gone so that I had a chance at some points Hope the race goes well for ya and well see ya on the next outing. Greg

Sorry we didn’t make it back to the weigh-ins. It was a tough evening for us. At 8:00 I boated a 11.25″ crappie, but we let it go and decided we’d go on fishing for fun. It payed off as around 9:00 I put a 3# channel cat in the boat and Dave managed a few nice smallies.

The smallies down there are always fun. Now if we can just find the big ones.

Thanks, Bill

Isn’t there a 12″ min. on Bass on the Zumbro???

Sorry Mike,just currious.

Don’t mean to rain on anyones parade here.

I am really hoping to make it out on the 6th.

Watch out fellas!!

Brad G.

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Isn’t there a 12″ min. on Bass on the Zumbro???
Sorry Mike,just currious.
Don’t mean to rain on anyones parade here.
I am really hoping to make it out on the 6th.
Watch out fellas!!
Brad G.

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Nope, no size restrictions. I noticed that you bass guys do have a 12 inch minimum, but there is no regulations stating any size restrictions.

Hope you make it out for the final event!

Good Fishing,
Mike

Tomorrow night is the final event for this series! Hope to see you there!

Good Fishing,
Mike

Well me and Al are going to have to fish out of my patched up war horse of a canoe. The boat still aint fixed. But we’ll be there tonight, just with a handicap.

Well, we got done tonight. We had a great time. Ended up using the Mighty Northwood after all. But we just could not find them channel cats. We made it all the way up to Cedar Beach and gave it a shot. Nothing!

Then we came back down to the lower part of the lake and fished. The water was much cleaner but way rougher.

We fished along the high-banks for the rest of the night. We caught plenty of gills on a crawler. Caught them in about every depth from 2 feet to 20 feet. But the deeper ones were suspended only around 3-4 feet below the surface.

I think we ended up finishing the R.A.F. with a good time. Thanks to all who came even if it was only for one time. It was nice to meet new people and we sure had fun.

See you all for the Ice Series!

Here are the results from the final event of the first series:

Crappie:

Ron Weltzin – 10 3/8 inches

Mike Smith – 10 1/4 inches

Mike McNeilus – 9 1/2 inches

Bluegill:

Greg Halleland – 8 3/4 inches

Ron Weltzin – 8 1/2 inches

Alex Thorn – 8 1/8 inches

Bass:

Dan Theim – 12 inches

Evan McNeilus – 11 3/4 inches

Ron Weltzin – 8 1/2 inches

Catfish:

no entries

Point totals:

Ron Weltzin – 9 points

Greg Halleland – 5 points

Dan Theim – 5 points

Evan McNeilus – 3 points

Mike Smith – 3 points

Alex Thorn – 1 point

Mike McNeilus – 1 point

Final standings after 6 events:

Mike Smith 28 points

Alex Thorn 21 1/2 points

Ron Weltzin 21 points

Dan Theim 17 points

Andy Wilhorn 14 points

Evan McNeilus 8 points

Greg Halleland 8 points

Kyle Peda 5 points

Desiree Bohulano 4 points

Mike McNeilus 4 points

Fernando Bohulano 3 points

Tyler Holm 1/2 point

I really want to thank everyone who came out and fished with us. It was a lot of fun and also a way to meet some new people who share a love of fishing. Looking forward to the winter series – yes, ice fishing!

Good Fishing,

Mike

Congrats Mike on top man and Congrats to ALL who fished. Was real nice meeting and making new friends. I have a couple of pics I will get posted tonight.
Thanks, Bill

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Looking forward to the winter series – yes, ice fishing!

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Now why didn’t I see this coming

You all are to be congratulated for a job well done

dave

hey dan where is Cedar beach??? is this that big bunch of sand way up stream where the 2 branches meet??? ike

Yep.

Hey Dan, in your pic is that big catfish being lifted out of the water by you OR is that big cat pulling you out of the boat? Thats a big one alright. Congrats.
Thanks, Bill

Though I didn’t get to make it out to the last 2 events I had a blast fishing the ones I did. Thanks to all involved who helped put it on. Hopefully we can do it again.

andy