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St. Croix River Fishing Reports


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Some where on Youtube there is a video from DTro who used to post on this page, where he and another guy pull in some Sturgeon from the Bayport area.  

 

Here it is:

 

 

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52 minutes ago, leech~~ said:

Some where on Youtube there is a video from DTro

 

sorry to hi-jack, but  DTRO's Show us your Shanty tour videos  he has been posting to YouTube lately has been an awesome fun series to watch. Here is the latest from the Croix:

 

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20 minutes ago, rundrave said:

 

sorry to hi-jack, but  DTRO's Show us your Shanty tour videos  he has been posting to YouTube lately has been an awesome fun series to watch. Here is the latest from the Croix:

 

Yeah, he's pretty much an accomplished Youtuber now make some side cash off all the viewer hits! 😉

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Spent yesterday afternoon wading the upper croix. Water actually seemed a little low. There was lots of floating grass, so my traditional approach of using a fire tiger jointed rapala was unusable. Tried a whopper plopper for a bit, which avoided floating grass better, but I just didn’t have confidence in using it. So since it seemed like the crayfish outnumbered the rocks, I decided to use a weightless Texas rigged plastic craw. Caught 3 smallies, and a pike. 
 

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16 hours ago, JBMasterAngler said:

Was planning on bass fishing a small lake today. But as soon as I pulled up to the lake, it started raining ☔️ Waited for a little bit, to no avail. And the forecast didn’t look promising.

I actually target days with inclement weather.  Bright sun and bluebird skies are the exact opposite of what I am looking for.  I don't fish in a thunderstorm, but rainy/cloudy days are a blessing, especially if they fall on the weekend.  Keeps a lot of people off the lake, including all of the recreational boats.  Plus the fishing is almost always better too.

 

Nice sturgeons BTW

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That’s commitment.  Love the look on your daughter’s face. 😁  That’s admiration right there.

 

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On 8/19/2022 at 8:34 PM, JBMasterAngler said:

Sat in the rain all day. Kids hooked into a few redhorse.

 

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Dad Word: Harbor Freight 

Emergency rain slicker is compact enough to pack in your glove box, brief case or tool kit.

$2.99  😕

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58 minutes ago, JBMasterAngler said:

I have plenty of rain gear…nobody wanted to use it 🤷🏻‍♂️

When it’s hot out, sometimes there’s no point anyway.

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Nice crappies.  And I think I lean toward muskie too but it would be an easier call to see if the tail was forked or rounded and the pores under the jaw.

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That’s a juvenile pike. Light pattern on dark background is ALWAYS a pike. Muskies are ALWAYS opposite.

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Soaked some crawlers at interstate park. Lots of bait stealers. Caught my first catfish in forever! Otherwise just a little smallie, and a mooneye. 
 

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Slow weekend. Soaked crawlers at various spots above and below the dam. Only a couple mooneye and little redhorse to show for it.

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I knew the river was low, but holy cow! I launched at William O’Brien and I couldn’t even make it to the main channel with my little boat!  Decided to take the opportunity and use a Ned rig for the first time ever. Caught 3 little bass. Definitely a win win day! 😁

 

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