Jump to content
  • GUESTS

    If You  want access  to member only forums on FM, You will need to Sign-in or  Sign-Up now .

    This box will disappear once you are signed in as a member.

tell you a little story, my first eye!


Recommended Posts

i moved here from south carolina, in the summer of 2004, due to the fact i had taken my mother to mayo for cancer treatments. i was so stress out with the whole situation of chemo treatments my mother was recieving, it was killing me to see her that way,i really needed a break,so i decided to buy a license and try my luck somewhere close to town,rochester.i had my pole's with me ofcourse, and alot of bass and saltwater lure's in my tackle box, due to i lived on the ocean in s.c..... i hit the zumbro here in town,i walked the bicycle path, walked down some stair's and proceded to cast a saltwater lure to the river, my third cast,was all it took, bam my rod double over,i thinking what the hell do i have on,after a short fight,reeling the fish in with it's head above the water,closer i got it in the more i was thinking what kind of fish is this, then i remember in back of the reg book, pictures of mn typical fish,ah ha i said to myself this must be a walleye, just at the same time, a man come's running up to me and say's is that a carp? he got a closer look and said that no carp,that's a walleye,the biggest one i had ever seen in person. we both looked at it, and it was ever thing of 30"in and between 9 and ten pound's.he left and came back five minute's latter, and continue to cast a daredevil over the top of my line for about a half n hour, no luck for him, he finally left. that day i also caught another walleye ,about 27" 7pound's and 8 northern's range from 4 to 15 pound's in the same day right in rochester. i'll never forget that day as long as i live! plus my mother survive her battle with cancer, and i stayed in the area ever since.my friend's tell me that 30in walleye was a trophy, wish i would have picture of it,but i had no clue! i release every toothy critter back in the water that day, so maybe i'll have another chance at that fish someday!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Where were you at on the Zumbro? Silver Lake Park? By the Mayo Civic Center? I always hear of people catching nice sized northerns in these areas. Just because it is in town people don't fish it. If they don't fish it, fish have the opportunity to grow up into monsters. Walleyes are hard to come by in the Zumbro river or lake, but there are a few in there. Sounds like me and you need to get together. I'm looking for a fishing partner!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

down from the dam! also took a 5lb smallmouth,there also,what a dark fish, it took a rebel crayfish,after about the fivehundreth cast! my arm was sore that day! i see the water treatment plant is doing constuction on the zumbro down there also, hope there not messing up the habitat down there!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

WOW!

A 9 pound, 7 pound walleye, 15 pound northern and a 5 pound smallmouth in one outing! Shoot, no need to fish the rest of the season now eh?lol Heck, most don't get that kind of action in a lifetime... all with in the city limits too...remarkable!lol

Jim W

Link to comment
Share on other sites

actual, i caught the five pound smallie the next week after,lol same spot though!lol

Link to comment
Share on other sites

and slayer, i will show you where i caught these fish, and what i used to catch them! no problem!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 2 weeks later...
Guest
This topic is now closed to further replies.


  • Your Responses - Share & Have Fun :)

    • smurfy
      Looks to me like Leech brought his chair home!!😅😆
    • Brianf.
      I'm not there, so I can't tell exactly what's going on but it looks like a large area of open water developed in the last day with all of the heavy snow on the east side of wake em up Narrows. These two photos are from my Ring Camera facing north towards Niles Point.  You can see what happened with all of snow that fell in the last three days, though the open water could have been wind driven. Hard to say. .  
    • SkunkedAgain
      Black Bay had great ice before but a few spots near rockpiles where there were spots of open water. It looks like the weight of the snow has created a little lake in the middle of the bay.  
    • LakeofthewoodsMN
      On the south end...   Thanks to some cold spring weather, ice fishing continues strong for those still ice fishing.  The bite remains very good.  Most resorts have pulled their fish houses off for the year, however, some still have fish houses out and others are allowing ATV and side by sides.  Check social media or call ahead to your favorite resort for specifics. Reports this week for walleyes and saugers remain excellent.   A nice mix of jumbo perch, pike, eelpout, and an occasional crappie, tullibee or sturgeon being reported by anglers. Jigging one line and using a live minnow on the second line is the way to go.  Green, glow red, pink and gold were good colors this week.     Monster pike are on a tear!  Good number of pike, some reaching over 45 inches long, being caught using tip ups with live suckers or dead bait such as smelt and herring in 8 - 14' of water.   As always, work through a resort or outfitter for ice road conditions.  Safety first always. Fish houses are allowed on the ice through March 31st, the walleye / sauger season goes through April 14th and the pike season never ends. On the Rainy River...  The river is opened up along the Nelson Park boat ramp in Birchdale, the Frontier boat ramp and Vidas boat ramp.  This past week, much of the open water skimmed over with the single digit overnight temps.   Areas of the river have popped open again and with temps getting warmer, things are shaping up for the last stretch through the rest of the spring season, which continues through April 14th.   Very good numbers of walleyes are in the river.  Reports this week, even with fewer anglers, have been good.  When temps warm up and the sun shines, things will fire up again.   Jigs with brightly colored plastics or jigs with a frozen emerald shiner have been the desired bait on the river.  Don't overlook slow trolling crankbaits upstream as well.   Good reports of sturgeon being caught on the river as well.  Sturgeon put the feed bag on in the spring.  The bite has been very good.  Most are using a sturgeon rig with a circle hook loaded with crawlers or crawlers / frozen emerald shiners. Up at the NW Angle...  Ice fishing is winding down up at the Angle.  Walleyes, saugers, and a number of various species in the mix again this week.  The bite is still very good with good numbers of fish.  The one two punch of jigging one line and deadsticking the second line is working well.   Check with Angle resorts on transport options from Young's Bay.  Call ahead for ice road guidelines.  
    • CigarGuy
      With the drifting, kind of hard to tell for sure, but I'm guessing about a foot and still lightly snowing. Cook end!
    • PSU
      How much snow did you get on Vermilion? 
    • Mike89
      lake here refroze too...  started opening again yesterday with the wet snow and wind...  very little ice left today...
    • Hookmaster
      A friend who has a cabin between Alex and Fergus said the lake he's on refroze. He texted me a pic from March 12th when it was open and one from 23rd when it wasn't. 🤯
    • SkunkedAgain
      I don't think that there has been any ice melt in the past few weeks on Vermilion. Things looked like a record and then Mother Nature swept in again.   I'll give my revised guess of April 21st
    • leech~~
      As I get older it's really not just about sending bullets down range.  Some of it's just the workmanship of the gun and the wow factor. The other two guns I have really wanted which I'll never have now because of their price, is a 8mm Jap Nambu and 9mm German Luger.   Just thought they always looked cool!  
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.