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Minnesota River Fishing Report


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  • 4 months later...

I don't see any reports for 2011 at all. I am going to check out some shore fishing spots today and get a line wet on the long rod. We will see if anything is hungry. I will report back as this is my first time hitting the Mn river. Exploring time.

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I ice fished it a few times, did well. But then my spot that had 10 inches of ice, went to 4 inches over night, so I stopped.

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I ice fished it a few times, did well. But then my spot that had 10 inches of ice, went to 4 inches over night, so I stopped.

Ya I am not going to wander on any river ice, keeping my feet on the dirt. I am way to intimidated by river ice I like staying dry. Lol.

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Well the spots I wanted to try on the Minnesota River didnt work out, either construction had the immediate areas tore up mad or there was too much ice on shore eek so I high-tailed it to Hidden Falls on the Miss and didnt catch anything other then a snag. I need to do some more research on shoreline areas on the MN river I guess.

Anyone have any suggestions, I live in Apple Valley and am looking for a few shoreline spots to hit??? confused

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Your hard pressed this time of year with frozen conditions.

Lower BlackDog has been torn up for some time. Most of the river is open below the first BD discharge... but nothing is plowed or melted enough. Give it a couple weeks and if were lucky the water won't shoot up right away.

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Looks like its gonna shoot up pretty quick with the warm temps and rain forcasted for next week.

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I think this delayed thaw has helped more then others think. The ground under the snow is not frozen, the tiles have been flowing for the last couple months, if not all year. The river has dropped a quite a bit already, and has room for a larger portion of the incoming water.

Those 50's next week, will for sure get the water flowing mighty quick, and if we get any significant amount of rain, will just be that much worse. The snow piles have been shrinking daily already, and the sun has been melting it, the wind will evaporate it, and the tiles are moving it out. As of right now, unless we get a lot more precipitation, or a week of 60's, without freezing at nights, I think it wont be much worse then any normal spring. At least, this is what I am hoping for. "The river according to Scott" grin

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so your telling everyone to cancel their flood insurance right? laugh

LOL, I havent ever predicted anything right in my life, so why would it change now grin

You would be better off doubling your amount, if you are going off my predictions!

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She's coming up fast! Even faster then the prediction, that I thought they predicted high on. The water came up about 4 feet since wednsday night, and a couple feet over night last night. The local creeks are rushing, and about to spill out of their banks already as well.

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  • 4 weeks later...

Thought of you cat guys when I saw this one... Crabby Catfish! LOL!

I cant find the link but search for this...

A Growling Piraiba Catfish

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I finally got my boat out on the river for its maiden voyage of the year yesterday. After a few minor issues with the boat stalling, and cleaning out the gas tank vents, we were back to cruising speed. Main channel temps were at 46.5-45.5, creeks were in the 48-49 range, and back waters were also in the 48-49 range. We didnt catch any fish, but it was an awesome day to be on the water. The water was a little over a foot out of the banks in most places, not much for debris floating in the river, but the water is still very dirty. I went up into the creeks to try to find some clean water, with no luck.

I am sure with the forecast the next few days, the water temps should drop again, and push the bite off even further, but by the end of the month, I am expecting to be on the bite like flies on, well you know!

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What section of river were you out on??

I am just looking for ramp information....conditions.

I know Shakopee and Carver and 35W and Chaska were all closed as of last week...

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Anytime Rob. I think fishing will be rather slow for a few more weeks yet though. Although, that doesnt mean I wont try to catch one.

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I have been out the past 3 days and all I have to show is a 10" bullhead that took a crawler on a 7/0 Gami Octo hook - but it's great to be back out on the river, fish or not! Scott anytime you want to go out shoot me an email or message on facebook and I'll get you my cell #!!

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Anyone been out lately? What are the water temps now? When do you guys think the temps will be up to 55-58?

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water was a cool 45 degree's saturday evening... prolly be a 3-4 weeks before she warms up.

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Anyone know if Judson access is usable yet? Haven't been that direction since i floated over the Judson access parking lot with my canoe a few weeks ago.

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I hate it when I "Head the nail on the head" That hurts... Wink sorry could resist.

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    • leech~~
      Nope not me.  May want to go nextdoor and ask around?  
    • smurfy
      Looks to me like Leech brought his chair home!!😅😆
    • Brianf.
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    • 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
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    • 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
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