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St. Croix River Fishing Reports


Joe

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Took my girls out last night. ...

One of the best outings I've ever had and the best part is they can't wait to go again!!

Glad to hear they had a good time, it certainly sounded like they were having fun when you stopped by. We looked for you later by Prescott but you had already moved on. Keep getting them young'ns out there and you will end up with fishing partners for life.

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Shane, saw you with the boatfull at the Launch, glad you all had a great time. It was a pleasure to finally meet you.

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Nice to meet you Tom. Always good to put a face to the name and have a good conversation. Was funny when you yelled over "You Sandman!", they kids were like "SO that's your nickname?".

Thanks to all you guys for the good words.

Funfish, we went in to go to the bathroom and then headed up towards the bluffs.

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Was thinking about fishing the Croix 2morrow morning. Was gonna put in at beanies. Not to familiar with the area and never fished it before. I was gonna try for smallies I've heard it's pretty good. Any suggestions for colors depths and where to start would be greatly appreciated. I know this much I would like to find current breaks and eddies but not sure where to locate these. There seems to be alot of boat docks and marinas . do these produce decent sized Smallies like PEPIN does? Just curious. Natural colors or bright for suspending cranks? Also how about the down current side of islands with slower current and deeper drops.Help a guy out please.

Thanks

B

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its been tough this year on the croix for smallies. But they are still there. you can still catch the numbers of small ones the big ones are much harder to come by. natural/drab colors have been produceing best along with working those baits pretty slow. I dont think i would waste your time in the marinas at least not afton on down(thats the only area i fish and can speak for). If you get down in my area say hi I'll be in a old spectrum with a murc maybe i can poinnt ya in the right direction.

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OK who's the real bass whacker here? lol.

my tip for smallies is fish them deep 15 to 22 feet, they are also even deeper. tubes on jigs or drop shots...

Turk

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what smallies are everywhere and when did the croix have so many nice gills never ever caught so many till today

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If anyone's ever got an open seat on the Croix, I'd love to get out there again before ice fishing.

Quetico,send me an email and we can work out the details.

[email protected]

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Got out today with Loos15 and BigWade. Started out handlining and got a couple of saugers. Did that for a couple of hours and only had a couple to show for it along with some sheepies. Moved down river and went with Lindy Rigs. We got a ton of sheeps and catfish. We also managed a few more eyes in the box. Good day all in all. Dog days are coming so be prepared to work a little for the fish and move around a lot.

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Sounds like fun anyways, did wade actually catch a fish, a real fish. Spent 4+ hours handlining last night and put 3 decent ones on the box, got a couple shorts as well and even doubled up some sheeps

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Yep, Wade got his pom poms out and about 6 hours into the day but a nice eye in the boat!! Everyone got a keeper today.

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Sounds like fun anyways, did wade actually catch a fish, a real fish. Spent 4+ hours handlining last night and put 3 decent ones on the box, got a couple shorts as well and even doubled up some sheeps

Hey now -- actually the pom pom's paid off Dan, as Shane and Rui were cleaning out the river of sheephead and cats I could only catch the eye...then Shane had to go ahead and pull out a nice suag-eye

I think one of the highlights was heading back and trying to get around a tuna boat and looked down and realized we were at least 5ft high.... eek

so the pom poms are ready for your dancing platform one of these days!

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Went out Sunday morning for a few hours. The whiteys were really going in the early hours! After being distracted by them for a while, I finally made it to my wally spot. Couldn’t find a single wally, but I did have my first muskie experience on the river. She left me broken hearted, but at least gave me a good air show before she broke off. Thanks again to the guys who were goona help me net it. I will definitely be equipped with a bigger net from now on!

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Yep, Wade got his pom poms out

I'd like to see the big guy waving those around! He'd be kind of cute!

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Originally Posted By: Sandmannd
Yep, Wade got his pom poms out

I'd like to see the big guy waving those around! He'd be kind of cute!

eekeekeek

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The walleye were putting on the feedbag today. Got down towards Afton park, had an amazing hour and a half of rigging crawlers and leeches in 25-32'. My buddy Jason picked up the fattest 23" summer walleye I've ever seen just after he lost an absolute pig under the boat after a good 10 minute fight. We caught lots of 16-18" walleye and a couple pushing 20". Only got two sauger, two shorts and one catfish, everything else was totally golden!!

Here J's 23" Not the biggest, but certainly a tank.

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Here's a fish I thought had just ingested a big baitfish, turns out it was deformed. It's rib bones were really long and had a 90 bend in them. Wish I would have taken a better picture.

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Originally Posted By: Sandmannd
Yep, Wade got his pom poms out

I'd like to see the big guy waving those around! He'd be kind of cute!

Since it's a crowd favorite might have to break out the tu-tu as well! sick

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Wade would look good cheering in any of those, does his preformance require jumping, may have to reinforce the lunds front deck wink

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I don't know if he needs to jump in your rig Dan, the way you hit the waves, just put him in the front and he'll jiggle enough!!

That last pic is what he would really look like!

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