Come on down..... The unofficial St Cloud get together

[Rick G]

Come on down to Riverside park on April 16, for the unofficial St Cloud/ River North get2gether..... We will be meeting at the "beach " again..... "Same spot as last yr". This is a great chance to see some old friends and meet a few new ones. We will be meeting around 1pm and fishing till whenever 

We will be fishing for carp, suckers and catfish....so bring hooks, sinkers ,  nightcrawlers and or your favorite carp bait.

The first pic is where the park is, I have it circled.

Second pic is of the two parking areas, one is located at the top of the hill right in the park, the other is located close to the dam and green house....plenty of parking in both places.

The third pic is the fishing spot, there is a small shed located close to the steps leading to the fishing spot...look for the shed, then look for the canoe portage sign. Follow the steps down to the "beach".

 

[Bass Thumb]

Nice! I'll be there. I'd like to meet some of these folks.

I'll bring a batch of the stinky carp-balls that I recently described on here.

I work nights (7-7:30a) that weekend, so I won't be there right at 1pm, but I can make it by 3.  

[Naturboy]

That my secret spot 

[JeremyCampbell]

It's everyone's secret spot

Because those stairs and that sandy beach are so hidden.I doubt anyone who fishes the river in St.Cloud knows about it.LMAO

[eyeguy 54]

It was my secret spot 24 years ago.   

[Rick G]

I still get a laugh every time I think about the shirtless guy with way too much beer...."this is my secret spot, what the h-ll are you all doing here" 

[eyeguy 54]

There used to be a guy up north of the HWY 15 bridge that would suntan on the far east side in his birthday suit. Older gent.  We drifted by close  once pitchin tubes for smalies and scared him really good. lol 

[Tom Sawyer]

Way to much info eyeguy 54. Looking forward to the GTG Rick G. Maybe we will see spring by then.

 

[Horseshoe_Don]

Its on the internet so it must be official! 

[Stick in Mud]

On 4/1/2016 at 10:44 PM, eyeguy 54 said:

There used to be a guy up north of the HWY 15 bridge that would suntan on the far east side in his birthday suit. Older gent.  We drifted by close  once pitchin tubes for smalies and scared him really good. lol 

I remember that guy.  I happened upon him more than once in my old 14' jon boat.  In fact, one of his favorite "sunning rocks" was a great place to whack a few smallies....it only took one "errant" cast with a daredevil to get him moving, though. 

Ya know, now that I think about it, he *did* look quite similar to the shirtless beer-drinking dude whose secret spot we have so ruthlessly exploited.

[eyeguy 54]

that is a good spot when the water is up. bugger to float down when it starts getting low. 

[Borch]

I'll be taking some youth hunters out of chase turkeys that day.  If they whack birds in the morning or are too tired to hunt the afternoon I'll swing by, (after a nap).  Btw, that'a my secret spot from 30 years ago before there where steps.  Used to get into some nice panfish there as well.

[Tom Sawyer]

Hope to see you there Jeff!

[smurfy]

is that park across the river from the college????

[eyeguy 54]

yepper. look at ricks map smurphy.  You can kinda see the dam in the first pic.  top and just left of the circle.  

[smurfy]

gotcha!!!!!!!! I would like to try to make it to meet some of ya guys. ya know though if its really nice that day I could get sidetracked around the college though!!!!

[JP Z]

I plan to be there as well, it even helps that this year I "know" where I'm going

[Rick G]

Checked out the beach today, water level is just about perfect for our "secret" spot. Weatherman says high right around 70. If this hold true, we should have a good day for fishing.

[Tom Sawyer]

4 hours ago, Rick G said:

Checked out the beach today,

Catch anything down there, other than snowflakes? Man I can't believe this spring. Can't wait to take it out on some crappies tomorrow........

[Rick G]

Only fished for 15min.....nada.... hopefully they ill turn in in the next few days

[eyeguy 54]

shoulda gave it 30 minutes.  might have caught 4...  

[monstermoose78]

I want to go but I have wedding in the afternoon so I will kill a turkey in the morning

[eyeguy 54]

shoot straight moose.  

[Rick G]

Where we tryin for panfish tomorrow?

[eyeguy 54]

under the kayaks   

[Tom Sawyer]

9 hours ago, eyeguy 54 said:

under the kayaks   

Good luck you guys. Let us know if you run down any big pans.......

[Rick G]

After  day of fishing with Royce for panfish, Andrea said I owe her a evening of sucker fishing....lol. we prefished the beach to see if things had started yet......action was good

[eyeguy 54]

my gal wanted fried fish so I thawed gills and we pigged out.  

[Tom Sawyer]

Finally your wearing some slime from that spot 

 

[JeremyCampbell]

I may stop by for the Get together.Depends when Daisy's friends all leave at her bday party.You guys may be gone by then.