<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>biggill wrote:</div>
<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>vern wrote:</div>
That’s actually a blue sucker. A rare catch in MN. Congrats!I believe hes correct.
Yep, I retract my earlier ID. It appears Vern nailed it.
Yup,me too.Never saw one before,nice fish,congrats.
It’s a quillback.
<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>FishBlood&RiverMud wrote:</div>
<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Mr.Beads wrote:</div>
It’s open downstream of hwy 10 at the Croix and RR tracks in Hastings? That’s my interpretation.NO
I’m with Mr. Beads on this one. I’m not sure if the language changed but we’ve fished north of the confluence to the railroad tracks many times and it’s never been an issue. I don’t recall the reference to highway 10 bridge, is this new? Thought it only used to reference the railroad bridge in Prescott. I haven’t fished it in a few years but fished it every year for at least 10 years.
The way I read the regs, you can fish downstream of hwy 10. It’s right there in plain English… What am I missing?
If you choose to continue to fish above the confluence,I hope you have the same experience that I had,30+ years ago.I was fishing the Mississippi,above the confluence,under the same pretext that you are claiming.A Mn co approached my boat and informed me that I was in fact,fishing on inland waters.I apologized and expressed my confusion as to the specifics of the regs and he told me to wind in my line and retreat to the confluence.He cautioned me that he’d better not see me fishing above the confluence again and let me go.
It’s really not that hard to understand if you simply remember this,if you are on the Mississippi river and the state of Minnesota is on both sides of the river,you are on inland waters.If you are on the Mississippi river and Wisconsin is on one side and Minnesota on the other,you are on border waters.
<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Evan Pheneger wrote:</div>
Here is how I understand all of this, it is well written in the P3 post linked above too. The only thing I am not sure of is it my inland water cut off line from point Douglas runs N/S or perpendicular to river on dotted line?Look at my shaded photos on the link to old post. I asked the CO directly, each with our google maps out. I’d consider following that regardless of whether you like what’s written or not.
Either way…There’s nothing there to catch at the moment…So what’s the fuss.
When they’re fish present, the season is also open in MN…
I’ve never met FBRM but,he fishes some of the same waters I once did,some years ago now.Judging from his posts,past and present,he knows that piece of river very well.He is correct in his interpretation of the regs,I’d listen to him and believe.
<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>fishthumper wrote:</div>
I truly believe that Corp. greed is going to be one of the downfalls of this great county one of these days !!!Going to be?!? It already is. Double check who is the real beneficiary of the majority of legislation getting passed under this administration. Scratch that, under ANY administration(it’s just more extreme and ridiculously obvious with our current ‘leaders’).
As the days go by it’s becoming clearer and clearer. It’s not ‘left vs. right’, it’s ‘rich vs. poor’, but the rich are sure to make it appear a left versus right debate.
Before you say anything, when I say rich, I’m not talking about the people on here who can afford a cabin and a new boat, or the people with $5-10MM in their retirement account. I’m talking about the three comma club, aka: multi-billionaires.
Since 1950, adjusting for inflation, CEO pay has increased by 1000%, worker pay has stagnated.
Most CEO pay is like 300-1000 times more than the median wage of the other employees at the company.
So next time you go to bash your millenial children for not being successful, just try to keep in mind that every single expense that we face today has increased substantially in the last 50 years, while compensation has massively failed to keep up.
Of course, it’s possible the CEOs are working 300-1000 times ‘harder’ than their employees right? I know in my experience, upper level management 100% always deserves the pay they receive, the lower level employees don’t do crap. I mean, if all the truck drivers at Amazon quit for a day, who would even notice? But if Bezos stayed home for the day, all hell would break loose!
Vote for someone who doesn’t receive massive contributions from corporations and we might actually see improvements to the lower and middle class. Until then, it will more of the same.
Phil,you couldn’t have hit the bullseye more dead center with a lazer. 
This could be the theme song for a lot of IDO members.And if you remember this song like I do,your old! 
Anyone have a side by side comparison of the major big spiders in MN?
Posted this earlier.
https://extension.umn.edu/insect-relatives/spiders
I’m honestly surprised at how many of you really don’t like spiders! Or snakes for that matter. I can see being apprehensive around an animal that has attacked/bitten you, but how many people can say that? I think the only wild animal that’s ever bitten me was a mouse, and it was my fault anyway for picking him up to play.
I’m an animal lover – always have been. Some people are surprised when they find out I’m also a hunter, knowing how much I like all kinds of animals – spiders, snakes, rodents, insects, reptiles (especially turtles!), dogs, cats, toads, fish, birds – you name it! It’s a good balance.
Me thinks you’re mistaking “don’t like” for fear.I like and respect most critters and their purpose and place in the world(mosquitoes and ticks excluded)but,admittedly,I have a fear of wasps and hornets,I like them,I know they’re very beneficial but,at a distance please.I never kill spiders,even in my house,unless I would happen to suddenly feel something crawling on me,at which point,I wouldn’t have the presence of mind to find out what it was before slapping it in a panic. 
Anybody see or hear bout this one? Released to be caught again!
Yeah,I saw that this morning.That’s a BIG bullsnake. Biggest one I’ve ever captured and tagged was 62″,that ones much longer.They don’t get much bigger than that.
The real reason why I refuse to shore fish
Spiders aren’t real high on my list of critters I like to encounter but,I found this rather interesting and the fact that it takes a lot of provocation for them to bite was somewhat soothing to read.
https://extension.umn.edu/insect-relatives/spiders
Snakes are fun.
Wonderful,simply wonderful.Very happy to see pics like this. 
I was shocked when I visited a nature center at feeding time and saw that you do indeed have “constrictors” in MN. I don’t know why, but up to that point only thought pythons and boas did that.
If you pick up a garter snake be prepared for the stink that follows.
Yeah,I hear you with the garter snakes stink.Fox snakes will sometimes do that too.
Snakes play an important role in maintaining balance in the ecosystem. There’s no need to kill them. As predators, snakes keep prey populations in balance. They eat tons of mice and studies have reflected that when snakes help reduce the rodent population, the prevalence of Lyme disease in the environment is also reduced.
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/the-reptiles-snakes-saving-snakes/2911/
Absolutely,the constrictors we have here in Minnesota and Wisconsin,bullsnakes,(aka:gophersnakes) fox snakes,milk snakes,racers and rat snakes,all eat a ton of rodents.It’s almost all they will eat.That being said,I have seen bullsnakes and fox snakes snack on a nest full of baby robins but,that’s a once a year treat for them.Can’t blame ’em,I’d want to eat some chicken too if all I’d been eating is beef.I work with bullsnakes and yes,I have been bitten a time or two.Many,many,very short,very sharp teeth
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Love turtle soup ! Snakes around here get the sharp end of the shovel.
It’s sad that fear can compel a grown man to kill a very beneficial creature that doesn’t weigh but a few pounds at most.
Teach your children well.
Had a similar experience,several years ago now and as has already been said by others,my heart goes out to you. 
Thanks for the link,I’ll have to give it a try.Wish you could just buy the fins,I’ve got a lot of fin less and/or broken fin jigging raps around.
<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Ryan Wilson wrote:</div>
e breaking point on the front of the jig but the picture doesn’t show the actual fracture.About 0.070″ to the right of the paint is the broken hook shank.
Hook busted off the nose of the bait and if it was a poor casting then air pocket around the shank allowed the hook keeper to pop right out.
Boom.
Actually this is a scary thought. I snip my front and rear hooks off. I never figured they were attached to the hook keeper. I though it would be attached to the tie. Yikes. Oh well. I paint my own for maybe $2 each. Did 20 Saturday. Hooks usually bend when I snip them so shouldn’t pull out. Haven’t yet. But yours did!!
Do you mold and make your own jigging raps or do you have a source for blanks?
Ditto on the xperts however,too many sightings to be discounted.
Alaska is a big state,I’ve never been there and would like to go there someday but,unless you’ve personally explored it in it’s entirety,I’ll side with the experts.Pretty resilient critters them garter snakes.
“The common garter snake lives in far southeast Alaska. There are no snakes in most of the state, which gives rise to the common perception that there are no snakes at all in Alaska. This is an overstatement, however.”
“Garter snakes have been occasionally reported along the Alaska Panhandle, but their presence in the state has not been definitively confirmed. If found, they should be left alone, because reptiles and amphibians in general may not be collected for commercial purposes, nor have open seasons or legal takes been defined for them.”
Greetings Snake,
There are no snakes in Alaska.
Not true.The common garter snake is the only species of snake to be found in Alaska, and is one of the northernmost species of snake in the world, possibly second only to the Crossed Viper. The genus is so far-ranging due to its unparticular diet and adaptability to different biomes and landforms, with varying proximity to water. Northern populations hibernate in larger groups than southern ones.
My preferred rattler hangs dead from a tree!!
Your response brings this post,full circle.
“WHY DO PEOPLE ACT LIKE COWARDS WHEN IT COMES TO SNAKES?”
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That culvert is blocked off because of the bridge construction going on. Very little water moving though it and I would doubt the DOT’s will allow fishing there now. No place to park (at all).
But that would have been a great spot. 
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Thanks,Brian,that’s too bad but,good to know.Caught a lot of fish there over the years.Was sitting there one early October am,with the water quite high,when a guy came racing across the bridge,went airborne and landed in the water on the west side of hwy 63.I ran down there to see if anyone was hurt and the guy was sitting on the roof of his car in about 4 feet of water.He was ok and yes,alcohol was involved…a lot of it.
Just across the hwy 63 bridge out of Red Wing and right after the exit to Harbor Bar,there is a culvert that runs under the hwy.It can be very good for pannies in high water.Parking is minimal and with traffic whizzing by,not the most serene place in the world to fish but,it can be very good.The west side,the inbound to Red Wing side,was always better to me but,caught fish on both sides.
Brian,
I can’t come up with 10 people,please post if a class comes to fruition and thank you.
Jami,can’t make Saturday but,will hang onto the link and keep my eye on it.Thanks for the info.
Mike
Water snakes are one snake that I don’t ever mess with.They have a very nasty disposition.I saw one swimming across North Lake,one day and decided to interfere with his business and started teasing it with the oar of my boat,not letting it proceed to wherever it was going.Soon,he had enough of my teasing and decided he was going to crawl right up the oar and see just how much I wanted to mess with him.I shook him off the oar, threw the oar in the boat and got out of there as fast as I could.
Thanks Brian,Happy to hear that and I hope your interest in learning about snakes is contagious.The more familiar you become with them,the less you’ll fear them.I try to educate folks on the benefits of these critters,truly one of the most misunderstood and maligned creatures on earth.About a year ago,while discussing snakes with a neighbor,she said to me,”I had my husband kill a great big bullsnake near our house,it was just too close to the grandkids”.I just shook my head and told her that her grandkids are in absolute 0 danger from the species of snakes that we have around here.The irony here is,these folks have a terrible pocket gopher problem too. I’ve since been able to convince them of the benefit of having snakes around.When I was a kid,my grandparents had a cabin on the Willow river in Burkhardt,Wi. Over the years there,my grandpa killed several big snakes,simply out of fear and ignorance.It’s no wonder they had a mouse problem in the cabin!
watch out for the cottonmouths too! Been talking to a few guys that live in the wabasha/lake city area and I guess it is pretty common to find them hitching a ride on the barges from down south. the barge crews will throw them into the river if they stumble upon them.
I would bet that the snakes that they’re seeing in Lake city/Wabasha are Northern Watersnakes. They’re often confused with cottonmouths and quite common on the big river and they’re very aggressive too.
