Thanks. I guess the grasshopper (me) was chomping at the bit. When I see big fish pics, I want to catch big fish…now. I got my first fix this year with a 47.5″ muskie out of Minnetonka last week on a spinner. I still had the winter rust going on. Now it’s shook off. I think we’ll try the Minnesota River upstream of I-35. I’m willing to go about 15 miles up, so I’ll see what goes down. 
OK, nevermind, I didn’t really want any help. 
I will go upriver today and try to scout out a few areas, putting in at 35W. 
Can I get a few ideas on how to get the cranks deeper than 15 feet? I had a 3-way swivel yesterday with a 2 oz. sinker hanging off one piece of the swivel. It got super tangled with my other rod. I’m also thinking of putting a slip sinker on, kinda like a Carolina rig, vs. a Texas rig style…but I’m thinking a TX rig wouldn’t be bad as well. I could downrig, but I don’t want to buy one. Any other ideas?
I’m quite new to walleye and river fishing. We fished the Hudson area, up to the big power plant (I assume). We got one largemouth and it was raining the whole time. I saw tons of fish on the sonar, many out in the channel in schools. Saw some schools of something (white bass) feeding on top of the water just north of I-94 a bit. There were a bunch of fish under the railroad bridge. We were trolling various cranks, but didn’t get anything besides the bass. Pardon my ignorance, but what speed should I be trolling at? Should we have gotten the cranks down deeper than, say, 12 feet? Any tips for the area would be nice.
Is this marina easy to find? I’m assuming it’s north of the bridge on the east side of the river?? but how far north? 
Are there any free boat launches in that area? Or if you have to pay to launch, can you stay all night (parking). I dont’ know too much about this section of the river. Any details on boat launching would be appreciated!
Score! I’m still getting used to paying for bait. In Texas we used to cast-net in the saltwater to get all kinds of bait. I’m going to get some minnow traps this year, or make my own.
Pardon my geographic knowledge, but where is the Anoka Dam? Is it by Monticello, or closer in to the cities than that?
Well, I just want big and plentiful catfish, as do we all. I’d prefer big ones. I was thinking of trying to first try the Coon Rapids dam on the Mississippi R. in the NW metro, MN area. If any of you have other spots to suggest trying, feel free to let me in on them. I grew up fishing saltwater, and have only fished freshwater one season, and did OK, but no cats.
Where is Pool 2? 
I’ll be trying some river fishing this year, and am collecting knowledge now, since there isn’t much else to do in the winter.
