Hudson GTG and trip home report

A great thanks to Jesse Krook for a fantastic time on the St. Croix this past weekend… You did a great job of taking care of all of us.. Josh and I will remember this weekend for a long time… Josh had the hot hand for the bigger fish of the weekend,,,

We had set up on a few places outside of Hudson Wi on the St.Croix river… Working break lines, points and holes in the area… We caught white bass, perch, crappies, catfish and bluegills…oh yea… a sheephead too !!!
With the temps at -5 the morning of… we were in a hurry to get into the comforts of the Otter Pro Cabin !!! HEATS ON !!!

On Sunday Josh and I headed back towards home and stopped at a few places to see if the ice was going to call us out… the first place was a bust… then we were at the landing at Maiden rock… We sat there for 20 minutes looking out over the Mississippi all ice covered… Trucks driving out and all.. I just didn’t know the area to just go take off out there…

So we kept driving south along the river..till me found the honey hole !!!

One last shot of our catch on the Croix..

Josh had a cat on that gave him the best fight of the weekend… She hit on a pink and white demon jig with a minnow head… Right when James and Cal were pulling up on Miller mans Kick butt Polaris… Josh pulled up this cat from the depths !!!

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Dave Koonce

Koonce’s home waters are Pools 9 and 10 of the Mississippi River, neither of which is too far from where he lives in Prairie du Chien, Wisc. “It only takes about 15 minutes to have my boat at the landing,” Full Bio ›

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  1. here are some more pix from the weekend…

    Look forward to the next GTG ~!!!

    Any weekend on the ice is a good weekend !!!

  2. Ya, ya, ya Nice report Dave, looks like a hoot
    Once the wife seen the temps for Saturday there was no way we were making it She is such a girl

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