Gim – that is dated the 14th. Will be interesting what it says as of today. We got almost 1.5″ in Mankato.

253 here.

He played on one offensive play against Maryland. He was in the backfield.

I also like the Accutips.

When we were there, you exited off as normal and then had about 1 block of dirt/gravel until you turned down into the park.

We went to Colvill last weekend. It is not bad getting through at all. Very short distance of construction.

Fished Friday and Saturday. Had a group of guys with 3 boats. My boat never left the can line. The other two tried many different spots with little to no success. We did not tear it up on the can line, but we caught fish. Each day probably caught 15ish fish with 6 in the box one day and 5 the next. Was very hard to catch a fish after 11:00am. Almost all fish caught on #7 flicker shad. The one I am using has so much paint gone off of it that color must not be making a difference. It is a craw fish color. We didn’t go to the lake as we talked to someone who was there and said the floating grass was horrible. Other spots tried by the other boats; high bridge, high banks, hay creek, etc.

Thanks Mojo. I appreciate the report!

@mojogunter

Any report from your trip down? Wondering if you spent time on the lake, up in the river? What was the best presentation and depths? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

Gerty

Mojo thanks for the report. I will be down for 3 days the 11th – 13th. Will be interested in your report.

FOMO = Fear Of Missing Out

I second the burgers at Buffalo Tap. Stopped there on Sunday and both burgers were amazing.

I agree with the weather element to this, but at least it shows a direction for hopefully helping to lower costs in the future.

Had a great day on Sunday. Fishing the early part of the morning was lights out for about 1.5 hours. Then things slowed considerably also more boats showed up which could be the reason. Anyway, the trolling bite is good!

Thanks! I’ll let you know if I make it down.

Any reports from Pepin lately? I haven’t been for a month or so and thinking of heading back down this weekend. North of Lake City, south of Lake City? Starting depths? Any help would be appreciated. Sure to put up a report if I make it down.

Thanks!

My dad had that issue. Sat in downtown Minneapolis for 4 hours trying to get a service truck that could get them off. PITA!

I would think trolling cranks at 2.7-3.0 mph would get you bit pretty often.

I also put my trolling motor down to create drag and trim the main motor up. Helps a lot.

I see they say the river will be cresting on Sunday.

Jake D – I also have some I would get rid of. I’ll take some pictures and let you know.

CBMN – Thanks!

TillrLife – Thanks!

TillrLife – thanks for the tips. We are staying at a cabin that our in-laws own on Knaus Lake. Seems like a very shallow body of water. Not sure for fishing on that particular lake? Also, not being familiar and we will only have a boat with a 40HP motor on it, would it be better to trailer to Horseshoe or Cedar Island than boating my way there? Thanks for the help! I’ll stay in touch.

I will be up on the chain the week after the 4th of July. First time on the chain. Surveys look pretty good and sounds like you guys have been doing good since opener. I know I am early, but any tips to which lakes and how to fish walleyes in July? I was thinking slow death/spinners on the weed lines to cover ground also maybe cranks at dark? Anyway, was hoping somebody would help a guy out. Can message me if you want. Any help would be appreciated. I will have my brother and kids here from North Carolina. I will keep checking in here until then to see how things are going. Thanks!

Sealed the deal today. Birds started in gobbling at about 5:38. That was about 25 minutes earlier than the previous two days. Was totally surrounded by gobbling, but closest was maybe 300 yds. All went quiet about 6:30 with a sporadic gobble here and there. At about 7:30 there was a gobble within about 125 yds. Called back and a minute later it sounded a lot closer. Another minute and they were walking up on me. Gobbling and drumming the whole way in. Great show. 3 identical Tom’s. They hesitated when they seen the jake decoy with the 2 hens which totally surprised me but were within 14 yds of my tent by the time they did that. Had to walk past the tent to get to the decoys. So, I let one have it. Really glad I don’t have to sit out in that cold again tomorrow morning!

Here is some very crude video of the whole deal. I am no youtuber! Just try to document the hunt for myself.

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The good – Went out this morning and heard more gobbling than I think I have ever heard before.

The bad – had at least 2 toms and 1 or more jakes within about 100 yards on the other side of a bunch of thick stuff.

The ugly – never seen a male turkey all day!

The turkeys seemed to gobble in 30 minute increments today. from 8:00a.m. until I left at 10:45 I had turkeys gobble like they were coming in hot for 30 minutes and then not say a word for 30 minutes. Even had a real hen in my decoys calling for me and that didn’t work. Had to be back to work by noon or it would have been the perfect opportunity to go find them. They were being so vocal I think I could have gotten pretty close without spooking them. Oh well, next time. Cold and windy tomorrow. Hopefully tomorrow morning they remember where all that calling was coming from.

Didn’t see a bird this morning, hunting, driving or otherwise. Weather was much better than I expected it to be.

dhpricco – for the last 2 years I have a jake, breeding hen and a hen decoy out during first season. Have had birds right up to the decoys both years.

Heard good things about this one.

https://www.scheels.com/p/kalins-pro-featherweight-series-landing-net/08892313641.html?cq_cmp=20539813401&cq_med=pla&cq_net=x&cq_plt=gp&cq_src=google_ads&gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI8Y3T4MLEhQMVsWtHAR3ScwNxEAQYASABEgL06_D_BwE&src=hardlines

Hunting first season here. Wind is going to be the biggest negative. Makes hearing so much harder. I usually only hunt mornings and plan on being out every morning until I get lucky enough to hopefully get one.