Let me tell you something Duck Hunting in MN sucks! I also went to IA for the early season shoot and we filled out on Mallards, Teal, and Woodys. I havent even bought a license yet, and its friday one week after the opener. I live by Redwing and its terrible to many sky busters. No ducks! I have been checking out pot hole after pot hole nothing. But the DNR will tell you its one of the best years ever. But again its not my advise is save your $ and Hunt elsewere. Sorry about the bad news and good luck.

Thanks for all the congrats! I have been trying to figure out how to put some pics of some of our fish on the site and a pic of me but I dont have a scanner is there any other way that you guys now of.
Thanks Brian

I would like to go I missed last year!!!! I need to know dates and times?

Great article!!!!! My screen name is in the paper how cool is that!!!!

Thats great that the CEO for redwing shoes has done all these great programs. I applaud his efforts I have also done many environmental projects with the youth, but I would never consider to block the same youth out of an area and tell them nope you cant fish here this is our water and I would plain simply never break the law, WRONG IS WRONG I hope the CEO of Redwing shoes uses his political muscle and takes down the gate if he dosent I will let every sportsmen and every organization I am part of to stop buying his boots and shoes. Plus I am all for picketing the gate on the weekends just let me know dates and times.

It is 9:15 p.m and I am still ticked off, you now what the sad thing is I saw one of the owners of the Redwing tannery at the Lake City parade and every person who was running for a political office made it a point to go and say HI to him just because he has money!!! I have never in my life fished the St. Croix but I have noticed that our Department of Negative Results has been screwing us the sportsmen and women of MN for years they get a raise and they are still doing less and less for us the people that are the driving Fource behind the DNR we are the reason that they have jobs. What is the last thing they have ever done for us besides shifting the flyway west and east of MN, they have always sided with the Money. Have you ever noticed that its always the private sector that has a river clean up. I know I have done countless papers on the reorganization of the DNR in college I have a BS degree in Natural Resources. The truth of the matter is they dont listen to us they are just like every other political or government body follow the money to protect their own jobs. Maybe the MN DNR dosent have to follow their own regulations the meianduring waters act that states in basic terms all water is public as long as you dont touch the bottom with your physical person basically you cant set foot on the bottom but you can float the water. By haveing these gates up this is a serious violation of their own regulations and you know as well as I do, that if any of us violated this law we would be hung out to dry!!!!I have already e-mailed Gil Gutknecht and the DNR. I know maybe some of you may not feel the same way I do about the DNR but I have to voice my opinion, this being an election season the politicians will listen sadly because they need our votes we need to flex our political muscle and make as much noise as possible we need to e-mail every politician and talk to every and anybody who will listen. Sorry I’m so long winded but I am very passionate about wildlife, wildlands, and fisheries we need to band together and think about bouycotting (sp) redwing boots and shoes I have already started spreading the word in Red Wing and Goodhue, tomorrow the message will hit Cannon Falls and beyound. Together we can make a differance. Again I apologize for being long winded but I needed to vent. Thank you for your time.
Brian

Yes he can fish in the state and Iowa and I think any other state but in MN you don’t have to have a license untile he is 16. I hope he catches one

Im Pumped up for this weekend thanks for all the great info.I hope it pays off.

Check out goose island campground by lacrosse but if was you i would stay at blackhawk parkits about half way and right on the river the rates are very resonable they two ramps beach showers small playground and a little store called Milans candy, bait, and other stuff. Its and army corps of engineers park If I had the number I would give it to you but its at home. The campground is between genoa and desoto. I worked there a few years back. I still go there every year hope this helps.

Thanks for the info this should help. I would like to learn more about the lake. I have only fished 1 time by baycity along the tracs. I hadnt ever really checked the home page so I did click around it and read james report thanks again.

Where can I get a set of rules, and where do I sign up, whats the entry fee?

To tell you the truth havent been down there since last year
I live on pool 4 now but when I lived there I didnt have much luck on the wing dams I would drift onlong the islands dragging yellow jig heads with a green chartruse twister tail tail up with a leech I never had to fish the wingdams

James you are literary genious, Its funny that you posted this story at this time in my life my grandpa is on a ventalator in the icu at mayo. The only thing I could think of is this might be the last time I see him more 6,5,4 at holidays no more great hunting and fishing stories that I already know. I am praying he will come out of it. Thanks again for the great post. P.S. Tell John hi from Turtle and Loos

Dont let these guys brag up pool 4 to much, try pool 9. I lived there the fishing as a whole was great I feel it is better than pool 4.

When I use to live south of Lacrosse, pool 9 Genoa area, when the water would get high I would troll aganist the current with different current in the back waters if this didn’t work I would tie off to a tree in the flooded timber and vertical jig right in the downed trees it seemed to work the best. A jig head and plastic body I had to try many different bodies but the best was a yellow jig head and a green shartruse (sp) body. Hope it helps.

I was just wondering where is the nearest landing to maiden rock? I drove down there to the actual town of maiden rock but could not locate the landing my boat and motor are to small to put in aways away. I have been useing wallydivers for years but I have never tweaked them or tuned them what is this all about? the only trouble I have had is when the ball bearing falls out of the bill or spoon of the diver.

Thank you guys both so much for the help. I suppose I will have to go down to [censored] and pick some up.

Good fishing

Brian

I don’t know why you would want to fish it, but the duck hunting isn’t bad tons of stump fields and garbage in there. The rough fishing is ok lots of fun you never know what you have on the line.

Way to go!!!!

What a pig!!! Last summer a buddy and I put a 32.5 ” in the boat and it was about 12.5 lbs it also was released.

I know they use to do something similar around my home town of benson willmar area for bass fishing but we met at different lakes around the area. We fished a couple of hours and we kept a running total of limits, weight, and biggest fish caught. We released them all after weigh in.