James-
You could pull THIS info. I’m not sure how you guys have things setup on your end, but I’m guessing you are accessing a daily feed, and then ripping it on your end. The feed above is different, because its not a physical file being generated for download, but could be made to work. If your interested, let me know I can can figure out the details.
I could get something working for the site that Steve provided as well, just need to look at it some more.

Buckshot is still leading the co-angler side after day 2! Congrats man! He has a great draw for day 3… Nick Johnson, who’s been leading the pro side both days. Awesome! John definitley has a shot to make the top 10… and even win this baby! Go get ’em Buckshot!

allright Buckshot!!! Thats awesome!

Looks like Scott & Jarrad had a pretty rough day. Hopefully they have a spectacular day today, and make the cut. But…. it looks like its going to take a solid 50# to make it.

OH YEAH!!!! I’ll be out later.

Steve- you have a guide trip this afternoon… or just solo?

Yup Dennis… we need to get out sometime sood! Which model of the River Pro did you end up getting? You sold your other one this spring, correct?

Just shoot me a PM whenever you have a seat open… I still haven’t caught a flatty while targeting them!

Good deal! Sounds like you found some fish more grouped together… I was hoping they would come around soon! You off to Mille LAcs now???

Thanks guys!

She came on a crank pitched to a wingdam that has been holding big fish for the last couple of weeks. I had to make some adjustments to find ’em again with the all the rain we’ve been getting. I must say, the flow is starting to really go now.

hang in there Mike! I’ll be hitting it all day tomorrow.. I’ll see what I can scrounge up

You’re on Steve! Nuthing like a little change of pace, eh?

I’ll be staying about 1/2 mile from McQuoids at a buddies place right on the lake. Look forward to seeing some of you guys up there!

Jon… you a very correct sir! I average 2-3 channels per trip… on CRANKS. Imagine what damage a guy could do if he were actualy fishing for them! Nice ones I might add.

congrats Blue!

Excellent Fred! I remeber my first days on Pool 2… I had no clue what a wingdam was. Now, going on my 3rd year of fishing it… I can say its one of the best little secrets metro fishing has to offer.

Mike-
Things have changed just a tad. Patience has been the key the last couple of trips… and just pounding the spots that I feel are holding fish. It pays off… as 15 casts to the exact smae spot with nothing to show… then WHAM a pig hits. I’ve been getting more and more fish pitching jigs to the bases of wingies. I also picked up a fish running some sand on Sunday… so it shouldn’t be long now before that bite swings into gear. With all the rain, the river is coming back up… which it needed to do! I’m hoping this will start to group the fish more, rather than being scattered like they have been. I’ve got some spots to hit once the water gets there….

Hmmm… that idea never crossed my mind! Thanks Jack… I’ll check into that.

who needs Mille Lacs…. eh?

yup… another

another pig

Well… I decided to avoid the masses and stick to the river. Saturday was spent doing a little exploring… with a few fish to show. Sunday was nothing short of awesome…. including a beast that tipped the scales at just a hair over 10.

Yup Mike… shes good to go!

Problem solved! It was the plug… and it WAS a 12v one. Got the BLACK Marinco 12/24v one last night. She sounds like an airplane now.

and the 3rd is the inside of the plug

the 2nd is the outside of the plug… showing its 12v????

Dennis! Good to see another MN river rat on here!

Get the book called “Precision Trolling”… its a great resource, and will answer many of the questions you have. To consistently hit the same depth, a line counter is a must.

Steve-

The new red color was the ticket during the lowlight period that day. I wish I had some of the smaller version in that color, as my first spot I lost 4 fish due to short hits. I even had one take a muskie style whack right at the boat, on the surface. You are right though… that felling of “nothing” as those big walleye inhale those things. I must say, the Grappler Shad is QUICKLY becomming my crank of choice these days.

Wallace-
I run a pretty good range of Pool 2, from the dam to a few miles south of the 494 bridge. I am starting to explore even further south, as theres a ton of water I haven’t covered. The correct person to ask is Steve DeZurik, as he is the one who taught me everything I know about fishing Pool 2. The big key, IMHO, is learning to fish wingdams effectivley, as there are hundreds of them. Once again, Steve is the master at this… he’s been fishing pool 2 for many years. If you have the means, hire him for a guide trip! Sounds like he will be heding up to the Pond here shortly for his summer stint up there… but he will be back in the fall. And fall on Pool 2 is the time of year when you can tie into BIG fish! In the meantime, you can PM me, and I’ll be happy to answer any questions you may have.

TwistedQuisty-
Yes.. the truck is now running fine! Would you beleive it was a simple fuse that wreaked all that havoc??? Thanks again for all the help! I have just recently started back on Pool 2… the spring bite never took off. It was a tough, and I mean TOUGH few weeks of fishing. I then had the RCL tourney out on Erie… and took a week off after that to recover from the beating the wind & waves put on me. I will be in contct soon though… as the crank bite is going good!!

Grappler Shads!

As I was taking the hooks out of another walleye… up comes Mike W in his rig. He was trolling an are just by me. He asks if I had a camera…. and luckily I did. He had a pig in the bottom of his boat….

another one

we’ve gotten a bunch up here as well… but not as much as you guys. Pool 2 is comming up a tad… but we need MORE!

45 mph should be no prob! I don’t have any experience with those things… other than I always seen them racing down in Texas. Those boys were pushing 110.