Minnesota River Fishing Report

[Here-Kitty-Kitty]

I hear ya brother. If you need a ride, like I said just hit me up. If I'm going that night then theres no hesitations on swinging by.

[AceintheHole]

I'll have to take you up on that one of these days. I love fishing with the wife but she thinks 10:00 is staying out late.

[Gordie]

Ace I feel your pain man. As I said before I just got my DL back after not having it for 3 years and its a newly found freedom and Privalge that I do not want to ever lose again.

when work settles down I will make it a point to get you on the river if your up for it.

[Here-Kitty-Kitty]

Any time buddy

[Flaco651]

Overall last night wasn't too bad. The size of most of the flats could've been better though. We had 9 runs and connected n landed 7. Riverhog's 38.5 x 24 was the top fish of the night. Will be back at it tonight... Looking like an all nighter is in store.

[harvey lee]

This past week for my boat and the fellows in it was a very good week. Numerous nice fish caught and man, a couple nights with 13-15 runs.

[Shack]

Looking like an all nighter is in store.

I think tonight is same for my boat. Only live once.

Like Warren Zevon said "I'll sleep when I am dead"

I do not think I will be on the MN though. If anything on the extreme downstream side. That’s where the fish that stay on the hook are as I have heard .

On a strange note a Lake Sturgeon was almost confirmed caught on the MN river last week. No that far up but legally on the MN river. The fish was not boated but what other fish wobbles your rod tip, gives up a ton of slack coming from the bottom in 13 fow and rockets out of the water around 11:00pm on crawler? Maybe a walleye? I heard a sloppy hook set was to blame on a fish that was already hooked pretty good.

[Jeffreyyy]

Hey,

I just moved out to Shakopee, right on the river. Got no boat, yet, but would love to get some fishing in. Wheres a good spot to fish the river from the banks? And what do u recommend using for bait? Thanks!

[Surreal Deal]

Like Warren Zevon said "I'll sleep when I am dead"

He's getting lots of sleep these days.

[JimBuck]

Got out Saturday night. Boated one 26x15, missed two others and had a few more aggressive runs. Black Dog was incredibly quiet for a Sat. night. Not one barge or boat seen after sundown upstream. Some of those deadheads are starting to show themselves that I didn't see until August of last year.

[Mr Special]

You can shore fish at the launch area both side and there is a bike trail on the southside of the river you can walk to get to some spots as well.

[AceintheHole]

It's finally done now I just have to come up with 680.00 to get my freedom back and 510.00 for fines. Should be back in the game very soon.

[Here-Kitty-Kitty]

There we go. When we going to go for some biggins.

[Scott K]

The Minnesota River is very shallow right now, and in the last week or so I have seen the river take a couple casualties, and a quite a few close calls. I have seen 2 boats being towed back to the landing, and I know of several props that have been eaten up recently, including my own. There are a couple places in the main channel that are in the 2 foot range or less, and sand bars are growing daily. If we don't see rain soon, it will mean the end of my boat fishing this year on the river. If you don't know the river very well, take it slow especially upstream. Even if you do know the river fairly well, it changes every day. It's hard to put a price tag on fishing, but when the river claims a prop a week, it can be hard to justify it.

[JimBuck]

Thanks for the heads-up. Another reminder, don't pull the trailer in too far at Black Dog as there is a big drop off after the pavers on the upstream side of the launch. I fell into it last year with water levels around the current height and it took some work to get that trailer axle out. I was thinking about heading upstream from Shakopee this weekend for the first time...are there any specific area's to shy away from?

[Jeffreyyy]

What do u recommend fishing with around the launch? live bait or some type of setup? I did a little fishing today from the southside of the launch, used worms as it was all i had and didnt get anything other than 2 snags that cost me my hooks. Thanks for the info! Look forward to hearing back

[Larry FlatCaster]

Crawlers are always a good bet to catch some fish.... Make sure your using 1-2 oz of weight and toss it out a ways.

[Jeffreyyy]

Goin out tonight, ill let ya know the results! Thanks for the input

[corrig]

Fished the Savage area last night from about 8:00-1:oo A.M.

landed 4 flats and had an additional 3 solid runs, great night to be out, but in the rush forgot my camera, tape & scale in my truck. My best guess would be 2, 8# and 2, 12-15#. All 4 on extremely lively suckers, must have been the full moon ?

[aanderud]

Nice report, corrig. We fished a bit upstream from there yesterday. We had a few runs that we missed, couple fish in or near the boat, and some other ones that hung up in wood. Fished deeper water near wood, using live bullheads. That's where we had our best luck. One fish caught on a sand flat later in the night.

[JimBuck]

Fished Savage as well last night. Had a couple of good runs but couldn't seal the deal on a single fish....oh well, such is fishing. Gorgeous night out there. The upstream portion from Savage has been a tough bite for me lately....I think a trip to Shako might be in order next time around.

[mudslinger]

How is the water level around Belle Plain??? Headed out tomorrow night for the first voyage on the Minnesota of the year. Just trying to figure out where I should launch. Thanks for any input.

[Scott K]

Very low!

[Gordie]

water is low mudslinger but you shouldnt have any problems with that beavertail

[ec30_06]

fish are still biting. We got 3 flats and a channel on bullheads last night, and we left before dark.

[aanderud]

Ed, I need to come fishing with you sometime, my normal fishing buddy is cursed this year, I think. Either that or he's just trying to get me to quit because I have bullhead breath.

[ec30_06]

Anytime. I usually fish alone or with with DC31, so there is always room. We had myself,scott,dtro and wastewater in there all at once this spring and it wasn't bad for room.

[mudslinger]

The flathead cats didnt want any hooks in their mouths in the Shoko area last night. Although, I only had large suckers for bait so I believe that was the problem.....it could never be my fault (yea right). We got bored with the sucker minnows so we tossed out a crawler rig and managed a sturgeon for all our efforts. Eventhough, it was still fun to enjoy some night fishing with a buddy.

[MinnesnowtaWild]

Yeah I have noticed things have slowed down A LOT since the rain, and it has to be because of the intense temperature drop. When I left the river tonight I took off my Bullhead and the thing was so cold I couldn't believe it. I took a temp reading of the river and it was 59 degrees...down from 68 degrees in the same spot last week.

[Ralph Wiggum]

Yes, I saw 70 last week and 60 this week. Maybe it'll delay the spawn a bit