Huge Paddlefish/Sturgeon/Saugers

[Army]

[Capt. H (Ret.)]

Nice!!! How big was the Paddle fish???

[Army]

Not sure but we guessed it in the 60s.

[Archerysniper]

Army Gordie and I were fishing next to you that day

[Army]

How did u end up doing. Sure was a nice day to be on the water.

[Gordie]

Nice fish guys and that's a sweet hoodie Army..

[Gordie]

We limited out on saugers and caught 40 ish some fish total oh and 4 jig set ups...

[Kettle]

Army that sauger in your left hand is beautiful! Congrats!

Kettle

[EW6]

I'm guessing the sauger on the right came out of some deep water, holy bug eyes batman!

[Archerysniper]

I'm guessing the sauger on the right came out of some deep water, holy bug eyes batman!

70 feet is where we were catching them

[expl]

Every fish caught and released dies when you fish the scour hole,yeah they are there and easy to catch but theres fish elsewhere you just have to look for them.Hate seeing fish die for no reason,Ive seen alot of little dink floaters downstream that are the future of the population.

These fish were all caught not in the scour hole,the 24" was released and weighed close to 6lbs.When I say scour hole I mean directly below the dam in deep water over 30 feet.All these were caught in under 20feet some in less then 10feet.

[Gordie]

Are those fish you caught in less than 20 all males?

[expl]

Yes they were,dont know about the 24"since it was released but pretty sure it was a female judgeing by it giant belly.,but none of the others had spawn in them when cleaned

[Wanderer]

Great fish guys! Those paddlefish are cool!

I was down there last weekend. COLD! It was only the 3rd time I've been to Red Wing for spring walleye/sauger fishing with about the same result. Meh...

I don't know what it was about our boat but we struggled to pull in a limit of keepers. The guy I went with has pretty much been a lifer down there and boated 2 10#s the weekend before. We fished most of the same stuff, the same way and nada. Others around us were getting some and it looked like they were doing the same things as us. It was one of his toughest trips ever.

The only things I wish we would've done more of were: fish slower and shallower. We did resort to the scour hole to pick up some but my sentiments were about the same as expl on fishing there. I did keep an eye out for floaters downstream and how often the eagles were picking up fish. I have to say, I thought it would be worse than what I witnessed.

Even though we were having a tough go of it, I didn't wanna quit come Sunday.

[brian6715]

If you fish the scour hole, please keep everything you catch. It's dead anyway.

Or, better yet, fish shallower, there are TONS of fish shallow.

[expl]

X2!!

[MattL]

Right now the water is still pretty clear and best part of the bite has been during low light and after dark. Been on the river every weekend for the last several weeks and been getting 16-18" walleyes in 6-12' on blades. Haven't stuck a big one yet, but I'll be on the water again Saturday afternoon well into the night.

[MnCatGuy]

If you fish the scour hole, please keep everything you catch. It's dead anyway.

Or, better yet, fish shallower, there are TONS of fish shallow.

Couldn't agree more. I went out for 2 hours yesterday and caught 4 walleye between 15" and 22" in water less than 20'.