st cloud St Cloud Fishing Reports

[perry p]

Good report, gentlemen!

[JeremyCampbell]

Nice Bass Jaron! You probeley know some of my family in New Munich. I'm painting an exterior in st Joe,so when I was done for the day I hit some creeks out there.I found an area that was wide open probeley 150'x75' .and on one end of this the current was feeding some northern from a drain.I ended up pulling in some good amounts of northern out of that.Almost every cast I was realing a minnow on a hook slowly and they were biting.The biggest was around 20"but it was nice to find some creek with fish anyway.

[JeremyCampbell]

Today was a repeat of yesterday but the fish weren't in the same area.They moved out about 30' in a calmer place.managed to take a snap shot with one of these tiny fish.

[Rick G]

The Birthday boy gets a hammer handle I think I know where you were, I used to catch minnows down stream from the wide spot.

[JeremyCampbell]

Yeah,further down was a mess full of minnows in a little pocket off shore about two feet deep.I have to move a lot over there .All these frizby golf things flying around me.

[NELS-BELLS]

I thought that was where you were. You didn't see a couple of boys down there with a bow, shooting carp did you?

Nels

[JeremyCampbell]

Just a couple of kids fishing is all I saw .I was only there for a couple hrs then I went over to ackms.I was over there a few wks ago and there were two guys in waders looking for something with fishing nets.Il assume it was discs

[Jared_P]

Couple from Sunday morning...good times.

Sorry about the pictures but I was alone and all I had was me phone...

JP

[Rick G]

Some nice fish there JP, that top one looks like a pig! Did u get a weight on it?

[JeremyCampbell]

I agree the first pic is a beast.JP,nice chattin with ya earlier Il see you next wk.

[Jared_P]

Some nice fish there JP, that top one looks like a pig! Did u get a weight on it?

Rick~

No weight but I quick taped right around 21" so I figured that had to have been 4 or 5lbs right? It was a fun morning...boated 3 around that 21" mark and plenty of others. Shallow was the way to go...

Jeremy~

Very good to talk to you and hope that we can do some business in the future. See you next week sometime...

JP

[Rick G]

Went down to the river this AM for my first time wading this summer. Water is still high and moving fast for this time of year. River isn't bath tub warm by any means but I didn't get cold thats for sure. I think I should have picked a better day, it was almost unbearable, between the humidity and the bugs it made for an uncomfortable time. Still, I managed a few bass, no pic worthy fish, but they were fun anyway

Now, I realy hope we don't get all the rain the weather man is calling for in the next few days, some is fine, but a few inches will drive the river right back up.

[mattpaumen]

I've been wanting to get the waders on and go after some smallies, but I've been waiting for the water levels to drop some before I do. It's still flowing pretty good in the Monticello area! We definitely don't need a big rainfall right now!

[JeremyCampbell]

Caught a couple of these in st cloud dam area.Is this a yellow bullhead?

Yellow bullhead?

[Rick G]

I call them cut bait , but yes, I'm pretty sure that is a yellow.

[Stick in Mud]

As I've shown on this board in the past, I'm not an expert in fish identification, but I believe those are called "cut bait" or "catfish jerky."

[JeremyCampbell]

I havnt caught these before.Next on the list is eel pout Spent some time by Sauk rapids on the river and only a couple bass one was a rock bass.Then st cloud side was just a few there's too.Sartell was slow but Got a 16" smally out of it.Shore fishing was slow for me today.

[pushbutton]

Definitely a yellow belly.......a bit of bull head trivia ........ unlike the black, the yellow is a good sign of a healthy system. Still do not know how SITM's eel pout fit into this equation......

[JeremyCampbell]

Pushbutton,well ,This was my first yellows caught and I am crossing these off the list of fish to catch .My next fish on the list are eel pout.It doesnt actually mean SITM eelpout spot .It just means eelpout.But I thought it would be a little humorous to bring it up at this time while SITM is publishing posts on the st cloud forum. Kind of a zany, and weird humor involved with that statement that I posted above.That's how I attempted to fit this in the equation.

[Stick in Mud]

Ha ha, gentlemen.

Jeremy, if you REALLY want to catch some 10'' eel pout, send me a pm. Have I got the spot for you!

(Funny this is coming up now...I went over to my old (rented) place to pick up some stuff I forgot in storage, and since I was over there, I figured I'd chunk a crawler off the dock to see if the honey hole would still produce. After 20 minutes sitting there, swatting mosquitoes, and not getting a bite, I figured I'd reel up. And what was the surprise waiting for me on the end of my line? That's right--an eel pout. About 12'' long (a big one). So small (er, big), in fact, that the rod tip never moved even though that bugger must've been chewing on that worm for the better part of 10 minutes (judging by the amount of guthook we had going on).) (ok, enough with the parentheses)

The spot's still good. Take the tail meat and the .5'' backstraps off those things, and you'd have a meal. Maybe.

[Rick G]

Jeremy, your best bet for a pout is when the water cools again, Sept-Nov tend to be the months when you will have the best shot at one, or if your SITM, a bunch

Have you crossed the Dogfish off the list yet?

[Stick in Mud]

On a slightly more serious note, I've been out bass fishing a few nights this week, and the bass are biting, especially the hour before and after sunset. Senkos and topwater were the ticket. Anywhere where there are emerging lily pads has been the ticket; it's been even better if there's wood around.

[JeremyCampbell]

Here's what's left on the white clothed fisherman's list of fish to catch on the RIVER.--+++ pirot treasure,eelpout,river Sunnies,muskee,sturgen,them big ole cats that look like a freak of nature, and dog fish which was just added

[Rick G]

Was back on the river today again, catfish is what we were after. Got a few nice ones

like this one here.

And this beast here sorry about the dark pic.

River is about as high as its been all year, and has the color of watered down chocolate milk tons of logs and debris floating around too

[perry p]

Great pics!

[Top Ramen]

Anyone been out on Big Fish Lake lately? I'm flying in Today and I'd love to know what's biting. I only get to come out once a year to the cabin so I wanna make this week count.

[Rick G]

Welcome to HSO and the St. Cloud forum Top Ramen!

I myself haven't been on Big Fish yet this year, but know a guy who lives on the lake and fishes it often. The key to this lake has been the weeds, pretty much everything has been hanging around them he told me. I know there are some nice bass, northerns, walleyes and crappies in this lake. I would use leeches or nightcrawlers on lindy rigs during low light and Rapalas after dark for the walleyes. The northerns and bass should be pretty easy, just throw spinner baits to the weeds and docks.

Have fun on your visit to Minnesota

[JeremyCampbell]

Little fishys today.I only had an hr to myself today so I played fisherman for a while in st cloud below and down stream there.It was a mess over there trees are blocking a lot of the Eddie's and it made it hard to cast in deeper areas without getting caught in trees and plants inside the water.Caught a sunny,small mouth and a rock bass.All were in 3-4 ft in depth.

[Rick G]

Nice pic Jeremy, that water is pretty brown right now

[Reel_Magic]

A decent Crappie bite has developed on the chain, but haven't caught one worth keeping, all small. I have just been fishing off the dock, in 12+ feet of water. Crappie minnows and/or 1/16oz jigs with white grubs have been the ticket. Bite continues all day until about 5pm then it shuts down. The question is.... where are the big ones???