Vadnais Lake

[Roscoe010]

Has anyone tried fishing Vadnais Lake up in Vadnais Heights, either in a boat or on the ice?

[FutbolGuru]

Go give it a try Roscoe and let us know how you do...

[BizzityB]

+1 Just go on out there and drill a couple holes see if you get some good fish!

[ndshafer]

Yeah try it out and post your report after!

Status of the Fishery (as of 07/14/2008)

East Vadnais Lake is an integral part of the St. Paul water system and falls within the boundaries of the Snail Lake Regional Park. The St. Paul Water Utility controls the access and surface use of all bodies of water within it. There is no surface use permitted on East Vadnais Lake and the hours of use are also restricted.

[fishuhalik]

you guys are mean! no ice/boat fishing allowed on vadnais, only shore fishing is allowed. st. paul uses it as some kind of water source & they keep a close eye on it. if you try you WILL get pinched

[NewJ]

Back in the days there were easy 15-17 inch crappies in there. I'm sure they are still there but just harder to come by. If records were to be broken it would come from this lake. huge walleyes, pikes, bass, crappies, and sunnies. I haven't caught any perch yet but my personal best bluegill 11 inch came from his lake in 2003. I did witness two guys with their row boat in the lake and shortly after the left home with a big check and even got to keep the Pike they caught. Another time some canoers left with a big check aswell.

[Roscoe010]

Thanks NewJ, I was thinking there were huge fish in there. I did read the Lakefinder description of the lake before I posted on here and saw that there is no surface use posted. I have been working in the area and was wondering if anyone had fished it before.

[leech~~]

I have never understood how at least shore fishing on these drinking water lakes were an issue? You are only taking stinky dirty fish out of them. It's not like your running a boat motor or other things that may add pollution to them?

[fishuhalik]

+1 leech. i never understood why it isnt a canoe/electric motor only lake. i use to work a mile from it & would fish it 3-5 times a week during my lunch break for bass. there's definitely some big uns in there! there's a bunch of lakes (pleasant, charlie, etc) in the gated community north of there that are closed completely. i know of some people that have snuck into them and done REAL good though. a guy i met while doing lawn care lived on pleasant & said he'd fish at night sometimes & has pics of several 8-12lb eyes he's caught over the years. not that i recommend trying this. you will get arrested for trespassing. it gets patrolled heavily.

[NewJ]

Those chain of lakes are by far the most under pressure lakes in the metro due to access. If you want to see big walleyes, just got to the two tunnels flowing from pleasant and 10 pounders easily. On a good sunny day you can see over 40-50 walleyes not to mention the thousands and thousands of sunnies.

[Smoove]

When, I've never seen anything come out of those tunnels, lol well...I've onle seen one tunnel into Sucker and the two on the Pleasant side...

[UofMBASS]

Those chain of lakes are by far the most under pressure lakes in the metro due to access. If you want to see big walleyes, just got to the two tunnels flowing from pleasant and 10 pounders easily. On a good sunny day you can see over 40-50 walleyes not to mention the thousands and thousands of sunnies.

Those aren't eyes. Mostly carp and suckers during the daytime swimming under there. You can also see white bass schooled up if the water runs clear through that creek.

[th64]

I always look for that little patch of white on the tail fin-only fish I know that has that.

[elusivecrappiecatcher]

When I was younger (late 90's), a hand auger and a couple tip-ups would keep you busy at night. I did ALOT of hiking through the woods to get to secluded spots. Haven't done that since, but it was fun! I lived close to the lake so it was easy to get to.