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im thinking about heading out to the zumbro river right below silver lake where silver creek runs in. ive heard of poeple doing this before but do you think its to early to get fish there and is there safe ice? ive never fished though the ice there before so any info is helpfull. thanks.

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I assume your talking about above the dam. Not sure how much ice it out there but id be careful with that warm water discharge and all the geese. Haven't heard of any northern out there. If you are talking about below the dam it is wide open. I have fished it a couple times for roughies but it is very shallow this year. I doubt you would find much for toothy critters. I caught a couple accidental smallies on corn and worms downstream but that was the only sign of predator life.

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im thinking about heading out to the zumbro river right below silver lake where silver creek runs in. ive heard of poeple doing this before but do you think its to early to get fish there and is there safe ice? ive never fished though the ice there before so any info is helpfull. thanks.

Like Dufek said, Silver Creek is the one that dumps into Silver Lake above the dam, and Cascade Creek dumps into the Zumbro River below the dam. There is little/no ice below the dam. I've never caught a northern above the dam, but I've heard of a few; there was a picture in the paper of a guy that got a 36"er over by the stone bridges a year or so ago (during open water). You could try the open water below the dam, but it's probably a little early for that. Once the water level is higher and warmer you might have better luck. I caught two out of there last summer, and have seen quite a few others caught below the dam in the river. Good luck, and let us know if you get any! wink

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Just thought I'd throw this pic up, it's one from last year. It's smaller than it looks, only about 26". img6779cc1.jpg

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Paul if you wouldn't mind me asking, what lure or bait did you catch the Pike with?

I've seen a few Pike caught out there, but never targeted them myself.

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I can't remember which one it was, but I got one on a floating Rapala, and another on a Cicada. I also lost a third on the Cicada The bladebaits like Cicadas and Sonars seem to work pretty well down there on bass or pike when the water is high and muddy, they really put out a good flash and vibration. Here's what they look like.

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This little tyke came from the river below the dam as well. I was sucker fishing crawlers on the bottom. It hit on the fast cranking bait check. Surprise!

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Nice Pike. I've caught quite a few different species at Silver Lake, even my first and only Walleye which was surprising. I think catching a Pike will be one of my goals this upcoming season.

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Nice Pike. I've caught quite a few different species at Silver Lake, even my first and only Walleye

Really? Any size to him? I've heard about people pulling a rare walleye out of the Zumbro here and there, but didn't think there'd be any still left.

BTW, I wanted to give the carp a shot thru the ice today up near the spot where silver creek enters above the dam, but the ice was maybe three inches if that. And that was too close to shore in only like two feet of water, and I'd forgot the spud, so I didn't venture out any further. So if you were thinking of trying to ice some pike up there Muskiehunter, I think you're out of luck. If only I'd gotten out earlier this week, maybe there would have been enough ice. mad

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Really? Any size to him? I've heard about people pulling a rare walleye out of the Zumbro here and there, but didn't think there'd be any still left.

The Walleye was about 10-12 inches long, not sure if thats an average size for them. Caught it bottom fishing with a crawler.

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Just a note- My fishing buddy and me caught quite a few crappie last spring below the dam past Cascade Creek. Nothing to big. We only kept a few for a small meal and released at least 10-20 each trip. A great place for fishin with a kid.

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are we talking about under the dam on the other side of Broadway? I've always wondered if there were any game fish in there, bout how deep is it? I'm gonna have to get out there...

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Just a note- My fishing buddy and me caught quite a few crappie last spring below the dam past Cascade Creek. Nothing to big. We only kept a few for a small meal and released at least 10-20 each trip. A great place for fishin with a kid.

Yeah, there are some nice ones down there. Here's one that was pushing 12" They really like wooley buggers on a fly rod.

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are we talking about under the dam on the other side of Broadway? I've always wondered if there were any game fish in there, bout how deep is it? I'm gonna have to get out there...

Below the dam. It's not very deep there, but there are some bass and pike.

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silver creek res has ice and there is plenty of pike out there, i dont know why some people are afriad to drive out of roch, there are northerns every where you just need to find them, ice in 99% of the place is still in very good conditions, just dont fish by current

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silver creek res has ice and there is plenty of pike out there,

Are you talking about the Silver Creek Resivoir just off county road 11? Northerns? Don't tease me like that.

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