I have fished the Prescott area of the Croix for many years in the fall. One thing you see is the many different styles of fishing, from anchoring to jigging to lead line trolling. I will anchor sometimes early in the morning and often times there will be a small group of boats anchored in a small area. My experience is that the people who anchor are usually there early.
I prefer to jig fish, but last Friday I decided to anchor for the first part of the morning. There were only 3 boats anchored in a small area but that didn’t stop one boat from coming so close to me that we had to grab his boat so he didn’t bang into us. I also saw another guy come so close to another boat that was anchored that they actually snagged the anchor rope.
After a couple hours of anchoring I was going to move shallower and drop anchor but there were more boats now drifting and moving around so I decided that anchoring would be rude and I proceded to drift and jig.
I think it really boils down to common courtesy and showing respect for others. If the drifters don’t drift in the middle of the anchored boats and the people who want to anchor don’t drop anchor in the middle of a drifting run and the trollers don’t run over the drifters and anchored boats we should be fine.

Brian, do you make the check payable to the City Of Prescott?
Thanks.

Brian, I haven’t ice fished Prescott recently, but I fish the lower St. Croix from the Kinny to Prescott, Pool 3 around Hastings and Pool 2 around Hidden Falls, during open water season. I get in some trips to Lake of the Woods also.

Thanks for the welcome Brian! I would have responded earlier but had some computer problems. TooTall is an old nickname regarding my height, or lack thereof. I haven’t fished Prescott for a couple of years and most of my friends that live around there have kind of given up on it.
I enjoy the web site and look forward to my ongoing membership.

Any report on the fishing at Prescott? Anybody been out lately?