Do you have a link to the water level on the St. Croix

Dustin , Sorry for asking for details but I don’t fish the Pepin area enough. When you guy’s are talking about the lake, is that everywhere from the head down ,or from say Lake city down ?

Did you by chance get up get up around the Maiden Rock area,or does anyone know if they have been doing any good up that far?

I keep reading articles and try to figure out who people are on the river. I still don’t know if was you , the guy I talked to had someone get in his boat from another boat while I was there. Otherwise like I said I have a Alumicraft w/120 Evinrude on it say hello if I run into you.
Good luck!!!

Chappy , Were you in a red Lund , if so were you the the gentlemen that I talked to right at the docks and gave me the tip on split shot and a plain hook? I was in a dark grey Alumicraft.

I think that would be a great Idea of the names on the motors. How do you guy’s ackowlegde each other on the river,I would like to say thanks for some of the articles I’ve read. Well for those of you who will remember I have a dark grey Alumicraft Phantom w/a 120 Evinrude on the back. Stop and shoot the bull if we meet up. Good luck this weekend.

I can answer some of the questions: I run a 6 1/2 ft Cabelas tourney rod, no line counter. I use a 5 to 6 ft 8-10lb leader. Tie a swivel to the lead and hook up to the leader.I run my line out untill I just start to tap the btm. then crank up just a bit. Staying close to the btm is the main key. After a couple tries at the line amount you’ll figure out the colors. ex: 25 ft of water with a #5 shad rap go out to orange. I can’t remember what all else you asked but feel free to PM. 15# Cabelas lead line is the best it has a silcone coating. I use Shad raps , Wally divers u name it. Good luck

Nice fish Travis, I thought maybe I would hear from , but have’nt since you picked up your boat from my house. Still looking forward to that fishing lesson on Pool 2. Hope your truck is working good.

Thanks alot for the input guy’s it looks like Red Wing will be it for at least a couple of months

Yeah that was the one on OLN , not the best video but a ton of birds !

Yeah that was the one on OLN , not the best video but a ton of birds !

We stayed out on the north side of the bridges at Prescott.Trolling was the only thing producing any size I saw alot of small stuff caught on jig’s but that was it. I plan on going out on Wed and Thurs if the weather holds. Keep me posted if you here anything else.

Jim

I’ll be out, but not untill Monday or Tues. I’m taking my 13 yr old son out dear hunting behind the house for the first time this weekend so wish us luck. But back to fishing pulling cranks worked out the best last weekend and the bigger the better. Good Luck out There !!!

Wish me luck I need it to win and to catch fish !

I will be on the river next week in full force , as I am off for the week. I am planning a guide trip on pool 2 for Thurs. But plan on hitting the croix in the mean time .

Will start out trolling shad’s and hopefully find the fish then if all goes well, plan on switching to plastic.

Sound’s like the plastic bite has just begun down at the damn in Red Wing,using 5″ K-grubs and 4″ Ring-worms.

I tried them on Wed. and had no luck, but won’t give up untill they do. There is nothing like it when they get started.

Good luck to All
JQ

Did’nt seem to be any definitive ryhm or reason today. Around the 25 ft range . Using Firetiger and Orange colored craw #5 Raps. It was a fast flurry today and then they just quit. Hope that helps a little. Best of Luck.

Jim

I was out last week and it was super slow. Plan on hitting the water tommorrow early and see what happens. I hope from your report it’s the lull before the good bite starts. And I hope it’s Wed. I will post a report tommorrow night.

Thanks for the info, anything has got to better than trolling . I feel the need to feel the bite !!!!! I am off all next week so I plan to get out as much as time will allow. Hopefully this weather this week won’t warm things up again to much. I’ll keep you posted. Let me know if you guy’s get out before then.

Thanks JIM Q

i gotta be honest with you I have done some of my better fishing mid-day down there. But have overall done good before the sun starts hitting the water. Today there was very little wind, so that did not help.When I figure the perfect time I’ll quit working and fish full time. My wife would love that.

I was out yesterday to set up a stand for my son , this will be his first year hunting. The spot I normally set up at already has three scrapes around it. It caught me by suprise but it sure pumped me up. I am excited for him.

I was out yesterday to set up a stand for my son , this will be his first year hunting. The spot I normally set up at already has three scrapes around it. It caught me by suprise but it sure pumped me up. I am excited for him.

Yup, I’ve been trying a little bit of everything , but it’s still the lead that is producing the most fish. I wish that the plastic bite would start. It will soon.

I’m in, lost 3 today dog gonnit.

Chappy, Yea they were above the bridge on Monday , but they should’nt be on Wed. Also I have been running lead line with #5 Shad,s . That is why I would like to get back to throwing some plastic’s when they really get the feed bag on. But just about all my fish lately has been WALLEYE”S which is a nice change.

JIM

Sandbar, Yesterday most of the fish came going down stream from about 1.8 to 2.3. But it seemed like any variation in speed seemed to trigger them. Like finshing out your pass over a bar then making the turn.

JIM Q

We were using #5’s and fishing just off the edge of the breaks.

We were using Firetiger and clown colored Raps fishing in about 18 feet of water. When they hit it was usually doubles and they were very aggressive. Which leads me to believe that they were starting to school up. Good Luck

If this is where you post count me in . I have done nothing but work for the last 2 months and I am ready for some some great fall fishing.

James says… Yup, this is where you post!

Jeff, depending on what kind of boat you have, I am guessing aluminum. i have some stuff made by Belzona and will patch anything that is metal. It dry’s so tough it can even be machined afterward. Drop me a line maybe it can help.

There is a great guy , going into Farmington. I can’t remember his company name. But he does great work on boats and all recreation equip. The name of his place is something like that, Recreation and more? Its on the West side of Highway 3 heading south and is just north of town. Wish I could tell you more! But he does nice work. His name is Jeff. Good luck.