Farm Ponds or sloughs

[pwally]

Does anyone know of any good farm ponds or sloughs that are good for catching panfish or perch?

I am looking at taking my 7 year old son out in the next few weeks. Don't care about size but want to keep him busy.

Thanks.

[muc33]

where are you located? If I knew where you were I could help more.

[pwally]

I am in Pipestone.

Thanks.

[muc33]

Not sure how far you are willing to drive, but lake wilson is usually pretty good for any bite, sometimes you even can get on a good size bite. Otherwise the only help I can really get you is south of that for a constant steady panfish bite, and that would be for perch galore on a little lake by Fulda.

[JoeKer]

What about Split Rock Reservoir near Ihlen? Is it fishable hardwater or worth a shot? Curious........

[123fish]

I would seriously consider West Twin by Ruthton for perch. It's pretty close to you and you are going to have good action from what I have been hearing and may even end up with some keepers.

[pwally]

Thanks for the info. I'm not sure if Split Rock in Ihlen produces anything in the summer or winter.

I fished West Twin a couple years ago and we had non-stop action or really little perch but wasn't sure if that was still the case.

[JoeKer]

Thanks for the info. I'm not sure if Split Rock in Ihlen produces anything in the summer or winter.

I checked the DNR Lake Finder and it said it was FULL of crappies and stocked with perch! So that got me curious!! Worth checking out maybe.... Someone........ http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/showreport.html?downum=59000100

[chirodoc]

With Split Rock keep in mind there was a significant winterkill (2008) after that survey was done. I'm not a hardwater guy so I'm not sure how the ice fishing's been since then, but there was a good early fall bite of nice perch and some crappies last year.

West Twin was going good this fall with decent perch. LOTS of people fishing. I think that would be a good bet and not too far from Pipestone.