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was out tonight again in shakopee, got out about 10:15, about 12:15am rolled in a decent flathead.. nice to hit a little excitment from the shore!

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nice flat jeff.. i'm located in waconia and am always up for another person to fish with, i catch plenty of bullies from the crow all the time.. drop me a message.

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Nice fish, we were out from 7pm-1am last night and didnt even get a good strike. We went up river from Jordan and tried everything.

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was that you and a buddy that walked over the Ferry bridge? If so I was the guy fishing under the bridge not catching anything!

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My buddy and I were setup just off the walking bridge in shakopee from about 10-2:30am. that fish came in about 12:15. catman, i'll message ya next time were headed out. I got lucky and sent my son to grandmas for the weekend, so what better way to spend the evening lol

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Hey man, congrats on the big cat. Catching one of those makes all that sitting worth it......

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Was out last night, just fishing a few jams north of the Blackdog access. Three of us fished from 7:30-11, and we got one run towards the end, just something small though, didn't get it to the boat. Talked to Bob (Moore) who was fishing the same area at the same time, and they didn't even get a bite, must be slow out there.

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Hey guys just as a heads up I wouldn't fish the black dog area for the next week or so as they will be dredging that stretch in the next couple days

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Does that just cause the fish to scatter, or is it more of an issue for trying to fish while they're dredging it?

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From past experiences BOTH. They do scatter away as the dredger is taring up their homes, and if you fish while good luck keeping your bait in one spot.

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The fish might scatter a bit. They will still be attracted around the flows when the dredging activity stops if they aren't going 24/7

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gonna be out in shakopee tonight from about 10:30-2 if any of you shore liners wanna come drop a line. probably be on the access side near the walking bridge. day off tomorrow means night out tonight.

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How does one find out the dredging schedule?

My old lady's uncle works for fish and game so I always learn when and where they will be out

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got nothing outta shakopee last night. seemed quiet from those i talked to as well.

i think belle plaine catfishing contest is coming up, anyone got room for 1 in there boat by chance? id be more than happy to help with bait and im a quiet sob so ull have that goin for ya.. i hear its a zoo out there as well, maybe the shores a better bet lol well lemme know!

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Where did you try in shakopee, i was under the bloomington ferry bridge, drum and tiny channels were biting but that was it.

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I was under the walking bridge in shakopee. only a few blocks from my house, so it works good.

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Headed out tonight with my buddy Jeff (ogrejce) from the Jordan access. Hit a few snags long the way. Lots of stuff has started showing that I didn't see a couple weeks ago. So watch out! Lots of people out tonight fishing as well. Access was pretty well full and lots of people camping and fishing along the shore.

Had a couple hits, unsure what they were but Jeff ended up getting a nice smaller flat head on some cut bait and it put up a nice fight. Other than that the river claimed lots of my hooks. I did figure out a good way to tie up my weight so when I do snag I just end up loosing a hook and swivel and not the weight! Stupid Snags!

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good thinkin, im assuming you were fishin from the boat?.. always sucks more when u lose the weight as well.. I got a buddy who molds his own river weights and does a really good job.

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Thanks for putting the fish up, I think I had too many celebration beers back at the house, I didn't want to get up this morning. It was a good time and I finally got that first flathead.

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Spent a few hours out with a few buddies last night and we only ended up landing 1 fish, but 1 fish is all it takes in the sport of catfishing. Bit on a big chunk of creek chub cut bait.

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Whoa nelly! Nice fish! Looks like hungry again! Wahoo, I'm going out later today to test the waters!

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very nice fish! gonna probably head down in shakopee one night this week. anyone up for it?

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very nice fish, fished franklin derby days this weekend ended up with 5 small flaties 9-13 all wknd, 49.5 ended up taking first.

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    • partyonpine
      Opener and the week after were good.  Not the numbers we normally get but better quality in the East End.  Not surprised on the weights for the Auto City a.  Usually for us we only catch a few slot fish but we averaged 3 a day for 10 days.  2 overs, biggest 27 inches.     Our best luck was 12-16 feet for quality.  When we went deeper we caught more but smaller.  Bass were really starting to heat up.  For me little earlier than normal.  Found some nice Bluegills the day we went after some panfish.  Dock fishing was as many as we wanted per usual.
    • Shulsebus
      We will be up on June 8th for the week. It will be our 13th year in a row staying on the lake.  I hope the walleye are hitting the bobbers by the time that we get there. 
    • SkunkedAgain
      Those are some fine specimens. Great job
    • gimruis
      I'm quite shocked to hear that a walleye tournament is still doing a live weigh in.  Virtually every event these days around here is doing a catch, photo, and release format.   Regardless, nice work.  Congrats.
    • LakeofthewoodsMN
      On the south end...   A great week of fishing with walleyes and saugers caught in good numbers.   The go-to presentation, again, was a jig and frozen emerald shiner.  Emerald shiners are a staple in LOW and walleyes love them.  Other minnows worked also, but emerald shiners are a favorite of anglers for good reason.   The Lighthouse Gap area, Morris Point Gap and just in front of Pine Island held nice fish in 17 - 21' of water.  Various schools of walleyes and saugers across the south shore.     A quarter ounce jig in gold, glow white, pink, orange, chartreuse, or a combo of these colors tipped with a minnow worked well again.   Some big pike and jumbo perch being caught by walleye anglers. On the Rainy River...  Some nice walleyes were caught on the river this weekend, although most anglers normally head to the lake.  12 - 15' of water is holding some nice fish.   Sturgeon fishing on the Rainy River is closed until the keep season starts up again July 1st. Up at the NW Angle...  Some nice walleyes being caught along with a mixed bag.  12 - 25 feet of water.  Points, neck down areas and bays with warming water were holding good fish this week.    The go-to presentation was a jig and minnow as on the south shore.  A mixed bag as is common around the Angle.  
    • leech~~
      Nice work!   Here's two words you hardly ever hear anyone say anymore.  "grateful and humbled"   
    • Brianf.
      RLG, thanks for the shout-out!     Jeff and I are still trying to wrap our heads around what happened this past weekend.  We are humbled and full of gratitude  for having won 'The Classic' for a second time.     We practiced through all the rain on Thurs and the wind on Friday and found six different spots holding big fish.  Fishing was good on both days with several 'overs' in our catch...but would it hold up for another day?   We didn't know.     On tourney day, we made a long run to our first spot where I lucked out on a 26.5"er on my second cast.  Jeff followed up with a thick 27" er a few minutes later, which turned out to be the big fish for the event at 7.26lbs.  We finished out our limit and weighed-in at 10:30 am for the welfare of the fish in our livewell.    There were some big weights in this event which would have won in most other years, but - for whatever reason - this was our day.  Everything just went our way.  Again, we are just super grateful and humbled by this success.  We also want to congratulate all the other anglers who did well and give a big 'thank you' to the tournament organizers who put on such a great event!  
    • SkunkedAgain
      I had a good start to the season on opener. Fishing was slow but consistent. I had four eaters in the box by lunch dragging perch raps. Crappies were biting. I haven't been up since so don't know how things have changed since then, but I'm sure the walleye continue to migrate out into the main basins.
    • redlabguy
      Let’s start this by congratulating Brianf and son for winning their second City Autoglass Walleye Classic last weekend. These guys know how to fish.  We just got to the lake for the season. Chores are almost done and I’m ready to fish.  red(new dog is more yellow)labguy
    • Jetsky
      I tried starting a 2024 Lake Vermilion Fishing Report topic but it doesn't show up on this board.   Maybe somebody else knows how to do it?
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