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  • 'we have more fun' FishingMN Builders

The water level is still higher but you should be able to fish it in the boat.

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The fishing should be great with the amount of water and seeing the water is clear. The eyes should be feeding hot and heavy before winter. If I did not have plans and a football game I would be hitting the Rum for some walleyes for dinner. Good Luck

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Hope to get out there again but won't be this week. Any opinions on walleyes migrating down river this time of year?

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Well, if the water temp in the Anoka area is any indication of what it may be like farther upstream be ready for cold water. The warmest I saw this past Friday was the mid-upper 40's. Far colder than I expected. Good luck to ya all!

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Anyone fishing the Rum this weekend? I'm guessing there might be good fishing given the lower water level...unless we get a a bunch of rain the next two days. It was way too high a year ago and well into the summer.

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  • 'we have more fun' FishingMN Builders

The rum should be awesome this year. If I do not go to the cabin I will be on the rum. Jig and minnow will be my weapon on the rum.

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Any one fish the rum?  Was wondering if the rain made it all muddy or is it still clear water? I ended up going up north for the weekend and had a blast on the streams with little brook trout and Saturday I should have bought minnows and I would have had a nice batch of walleyes, but I got leeches and the water was to cold for them. O well I still caught enough eyes for dinner. 

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I was out Saturday morning for 5 hours.  It was a bit muddy then but no more than usual, I guess.    Friend and I caught only one small northern.  We fished many holes and trolled some deeper stretches. Nothing.  I was a bit disappointed as the river is lower than a year ago but still not down to later summer low levels.  We tried jigs with minnows or crawler, trolled raps and even tossed a few spoons.  Where are they?  Going to try Snake next.

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First posting in here by moose says great northern, bass and walleye fishing. Postings have been here for 2 years. I've read a northern here, a couple bass there. Not a single caught a walleye post. No fishing was excellent type posts. Has it been that bad for 2 years ? Or is it not as good as you say?Or is everyone afraid to post they caught a walleye. LoL

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  • 'we have more fun' FishingMN Builders

Well Ron,

The fishing for the last 2 years has been hard due to the high water levels.  There have been walleyes caught in the last 2 years, but they have kind of rare, Mostly near feed creeks and back waters. Fishing in the trees is not easy and you loose so much tackle. If we can get some normal water summer water levels it should be prime for fishing, because the lack of pressure for the last 2 years. I like fishing the Rum when the water is clear, because I seem to catch many more fish. I know the Rum river in the town Princeton has been giving up some walleyes where the east and west branches come together. They coming off of crawlers bottom fishing or with minnow and leeches with floating jig head about 6 to 8 inches behind the big slip sinkers. Finding the current breaks seems to be key. When the water warms up the smallmouth will go crazy.  

So to sum it up High water levels for the last 2 years have made fishing the rum difficult. The water level at this time is not overly high, but the heavy rains caused the water to get muddy. Once the river clears up the fishing should very good. Another reason there is not a lot of talk about the Rum is people think it is a secret spot. I will try to hit the rum this summer, but at this time I am focused on finding a Tom Turkey.

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The gully washers the area received last night is going to make the Rum River rise and muddy. It will take some time for the river to clear up, but when it does it should be good fishing. 

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 Monstermoose is right. although I have not really noticed the Rum to  be clear.  It is a naturally stained river, like dark rum!   I have not caught much the past two years.  I'm trying to learn how to fish the Rum and I did better a couple of years ago when I picked up a couple here and there in the deeper holes later in the summer.  Fishing is often better in October when the levels are down.  I watched two guys pull in several walleyes in a hole last October.  Friend and I caught a couple but when we were able to try that particular hole again, they were gone or just not hungry!   We did have great luck with 3 - 5 lb northerns though.  It is still a lot of fun being on the Rum and trying as you never know what you will be catching and it seems so much more remote than any local lake.  I like the Snake for that reason. 

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The river has come up a lot in the last week. Running high and fast in the SF area.

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The Rum River is back in its bank in Princeton. The fishing should start to pick up up again where the branches come together. If you are in Milaca the dam should be a solid choice as well.

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Good news we did not get much rain, so the Rum River should be dropping down to a great level for fishing. Jigs and twister tails. Should turn walleyes on the edges of deeper pockets. Top water should be the ticket for smallies. A hook and crawler should get a little of everything the Rum has to offer.

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The current is good it is moving right a long. I fished from shore in town for about an hour but the bugs are bad. I think I was a pint low after the hour. No fish caught but I had to fish a spot that was not the best, because others were fishing the best 2 spots.

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Good morning. I wanted to know if there is a good area on the rum that i could put in my 16' deep V lund. Would really like to float the river and do some fishing, but i don't have any map of the river that shows some depths. I have heard of the landing by the fair ground in Anoka, but wanted to see if any place north of there i would be able to put in. Thanks for any info!

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I would not use a deep v around Princeton the depth of the river changes way to much. I know there are some deeper sections near cambridge, but I would still not use a deep v over there. I know there are some shallow spots around St. Francis as well. 

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Thanks for info Monster. Ive been watching for the fishing kayaks to come on sale and pick one or two of those up and give that a try.  

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When you do get something smaller shoot me a pm and I will help point you in the right direction.

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How's the fishing on the river? Going to try today afternoon crawler rigs or jig and minnow? There seems to be a lot of traffic by my house with boats going to the Becklin park access I live right there at the beginning of the park road.

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