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Now im kickin myself for not gettin out sunday, i was being a wuss. stupid weather kept me at bay most of the day. Smh

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Was out yesteday afternoon hoping to get into the whitebass but seen nothin but dang eyes only but they were all release back . I guess water temp was a little low I think didnt even get a whitebass bite guess I wil have to find a better timing next time around.

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All the fish are biting. Mornings and evenings are best. I have gone out 3 times in the past week since my first report and regardless of wind, rain, or shine, I have caught a good amount of White/Silver Bass (15+ Silver/White with 30+ fish being my best this year...and that is just me, not counting others fishing with me)and everything else the river has to offer. Again, Current trasitioning to deep holes and drop offs are key for Silver/White bass. You can find the Silver/White bass around these areas in 5 - 25 FOW. I mainly fish from the PowerPlant down to Prescott. I plan on going again today and hopefully the bite is still as good as it has been. The bite will only get better as the temps warm up.

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FP good report! Thanks for keeping us abreast of the river happenings.

tunrevir~

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Went out yesterday but due to the fogs we have trouble traveling visibilty was bad. Once we got to the spot we caught couple whitebass but I think we missed the early hit due to the bad travel.Overall beautiful morning.

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Went out yesterday but due to the fogs we have trouble traveling visibilty was bad. Once we got to the spot we caught couple whitebass but I think we missed the early hit due to the bad travel.Overall beautiful morning.

Any general section of the croix? Signs to look for?

We were out on Sunday and randomly fished between Hudson and Stillwater targeting Crappie/Whitebass and did not get much action beside a few random sheephead/smallmouth. There were a lot of boats near the swing train bridge, but we did stayed away from there to avoid the crowd.

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Whites are going pretty good by railroad bridge. Lots of crowds though especially in evening, tons of boats anchored on both sides of the channel. I see a lot of wally's being caught too frown

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Skipped out on getting out early and instead was on the water from about 3:00-8:00,I drove around to the Somerset landing and headed south towards the high bridge area.The fish didnt exactly jump In my boat but did manage 2 17".had very little action on jigs besides sheepys,whiteys and 10" eyes.didnt troll but did pitch cranks towards shore the steady retrieve didint do much,I was getting a little irritated and started ripping and pausing a #5 suspending blue/chrome shad rap,Bingo! the whiteys that had been following started hitting and I caught my 2 keeper eyes this way along with a couple smaller smallmouth.never know what the fish want from one day to the next on the croix,never would have thought being that aggressive would out-do the ol standard early season tactics...

Good fish'n!!

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Did Bayport yesterday jigged up 3 sheepies mostly suspended in the warm water discharge and 1 small waldo trolling for my buddy at dark. Today I did Osceola launch. Nothing bit trolling. I did locate pike in shallow backwaters and C&R 3. Nothing big, but fun!

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Joined the droves on Sat.. Not much for droves, actually. Started at 4:30 in the morning pitching cranks towards the islands and the points. Nada. Trolled cranks hitting in the 13 ft range. Nada as well. Then we boated one short in the Hudson channel. Saw that the very few fish others boated were getting tossed back so we proceeded upstream towards Bayport in search of some keeper eyes. Tried the point directly across from the warm water discharge canal and landed a nice channel cat while rigging nightcrawlers. Made another pass and NoGo.

Fished the warm water discharge and all we got were sheepies and some other rough fish.

Went back down and rigged minnows and crawlers through the railroad bridge down to the I-94 bridge before we left around 1:30pm. Picked up one whitebass.

Got rained on about 60% of the time. My 1st outing in this area and my 1st opener on the St. Croix. Way better than work!

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Did they move up opener this year? Everything I find online shows that opener is this Saturday (May 5). But, I see reports on here with people keeping walleye. Also, with the number of boats out on the Croix, I can't imagine they are fishing for panfish? What's the story?

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Did they move up opener this year? Everything I find online shows that opener is this Saturday (May 5). But, I see reports on here with people keeping walleye. Also, with the number of boats out on the Croix, I can't imagine they are fishing for panfish? What's the story?

Opener was not moved up, the Croix always opens the saturday closest to May 1st.

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I'm thinking of heading out in this crazy weather? Anyone out there or going out? smirk

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I went out this am and had to park due to the weather coming in. Pea sized hail and torrential downpours for a half hour. Managed a pike and a couple sauger before the storm and then finished out the day with a few nice walleye. Purple descent trolling was the ticket. Couldn't get anything to go on other colors today on the second line.

Tunrevir~

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Great report! I got out at noon and stayed til 4, caught nothing and decided to go to my local lake. I've never had so much fun without paying for parking ect... I quit fishing the Croix! State of 10,000 lakes but this river is not for me. Everyone have a great summer and enjoy! Peace!

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Thanks for the report. I will be going out Saturday morning for a bit, hopefully I find some fish. The river is always a fun place to fish, just don't try too hard.

From past experiences, if the actions slow, a few dozon crawlers will get you catching everything/species on the river for some rod bending action.

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Headed out yesterday evening for a couple hours,wow! the water has risen! only managed a pair of shorties and a couple whitey's the current was fast and alot of junk floating.sure was a peaceful evening once the heavy rain stopped,smelled good too!

I went out of the Copas launch,sorry no real good report hopefully most are doing better than I have been this season!!

good luck!

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Got out yesterday at 6pm left around 8pm, shore fishing Prescott area, water rised a foot or two, nothing was biting.

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Fished out of the boomsite on Saturday. Started out with a lot of hits, but then the rain came, and the fishing slowed down big time after that. My 4 year old dropped her pole in the river, and she found a way to sink the landing net too. So of course my dad would hook into a 3 pound smallie and a 27 inch walleye! Luckily I was able to hand grab them. We ended up catching 7 different species.

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Sounds like a action packed time jb. Nothing like landing nice fish with your bare hands..

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White bass are biting from shore in Prescott.

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Fished both Wednesday and Thursday - the fishing was not good.

Thursday we fished out of the St. Croix bluffs ramp and fished north to the Kinnie in various spots as well as north of the Kinnie in a couple of other spots. Although we were marking some walleyes (or what I think to be walleyes since they are single fish here and there on breaklines; could be cats or something, but not junk fish since they were single fish) we only hooked into one walleye and that was it all day.

Thursday, I took the boat and launched out of Taylors Falls and fished south...I could county on one hand how many fish we marked. After a few hours of no marks and no fish, I pulled out and put the boat back in the water above the dam in Taylors Falls and fished up there pulling cranks around the islands...that was just as bad....then just drowned my sorrows as The Border Bar...

The water was very high. I will definitely be waiting for it to recede a bit..

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Was out today down by prescott, nothing was biting. Was hopping for some walleye but came home empty handed. frown On a side note bait shop down by newport and hasting are close down which suck. Next time I'll remember to buy bait at Gander before heading down.

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Yep, a few White Bass, but no Walleye.

Like I said before (Oh sure, some pics show up with some Walleyes), there's A LOT less Walleyes in the St. Croix vs 5-20 years ago. Catch rate is WAY down & rarely see Walleyes caught anymore.

Sad, but true.

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The county point located at the Prescott Wisconsin turn on hwy 61 sells huge night crawlers for a reasonable price, and the Freedom gas station in Prescott sells some decent minnows...see ya out there and good luck !

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If you're fishing from shore, don't bother heading out to Prescott, this year spring started early so walleyes are long gone when the opener came.

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If you're fishing from shore, don't bother heading out to Prescott, this year spring started early so walleyes are long gone when the opener came.

Yeah, no eyes to be found grin

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If your shore fishing the Croix for eyes then fish above Hudson to Taylor Falls. Or Pool 4. Prescott has been slow and continue to be slow.

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Went out yesterday evening and the white bass were going nuts. Non-stop action until dark. A ways north of the high bridge in a touristy spot. Got one keeper walleye as a bonus.

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Hey hook 1,You talking about talyors falls? I haven't had any luck at all. This year has been a little weird for the whities. Can you pm me. Thanks.

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