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Moose's Report - Cambridge-Elk River-Foley-Milaca-Mora-Ogilvie Fishing Reports


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1 hour ago, Wanderer said:

This is when canoes and kayaks shine.  Maybe can get away with a small boat too.

I fish it with a shallow drafting aluminum jon boat and just float with the current from point A to point B.  When its low, even that is a struggle though.  Bumping rocks and scraping gravel is a no go for me when that starts occurring.  I can probably float through 2 inches of water but it may already be too low for that.

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34 minutes ago, gimruis said:

I fish it with a shallow drafting aluminum jon boat and just float with the current from point A to point B.  When its low, even that is a struggle though.  Bumping rocks and scraping gravel is a no go for me when that starts occurring.  I can probably float through 2 inches of water but it may already be too low for that.


That method in low water has cost a couple broken rods on that river when the boat ran out of draft very suddenly and all contents of the boat, including fishermen, were suddenly misplaced form the seats to floor!  
 

Memorable to this day every time I’m drafting shallow!

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Looking at the drought monitor, its easy to see why rivers in that region would be low.  Its literally the driest portion of the state right now.

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Look at the size difference between the fawns!

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1 hour ago, monstermoose78 said:

Look at the size difference between the fawns!

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Some ones not sharing!! :unsure:

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Went back to a local small lake on Saturday with a couple friends and did very well under pretty ideal conditions.  Cool, overcast, and windy created an aggressive bite.  Even piled into a few decent sized pike on accident too.  Water temp is still quite warm though, 74 degrees.  Will probably go up too before it goes back down given how hot it looks this weekend.

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Very nice fish. Hope I have that kind of day tomorrow.

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Holy moly were there a pile of people on lake onamia today. I hope they got some teal.

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Good luck archery 🏹 hunters and small game hunters tomorrow!!

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How goes hunting season so far for everyone? The grouse season has been good for me so far. I sure like to eat them. First day I had grouse strips with highbush cranberry dipping sauce for lunch then bacon wrapped grouse dinner. Then Sunday I had a grouse strip sandwich with blackberry jalapeño jam and brought the same sandwich up for my uncle. Brought 5 home yesterday to make a wild rice grouse hot-dish.

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haven't been out yet.........looks like the population is pretty good........where your hunting anyway.  brother is headed up on 10-5.......i'll be up sometime the following week. just maybe afew grouse will run into a few BB's of mine then!!!!!!🤣

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6 hours ago, monstermoose78 said:

How goes hunting season so far for everyone? The grouse season has been good for me so far. I sure like to eat them. First day I had grouse strips with highbush cranberry dipping sauce for lunch then bacon wrapped grouse dinner. Then Sunday I had a grouse strip sandwich with blackberry jalapeño jam and brought the same sandwich up for my uncle. Brought 5 home yesterday to make a wild rice grouse hot-dish.

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Dang, how far north are you? Leaves have hardly started dropping yet!  😮

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I was up in Ely.

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2 hours ago, monstermoose78 said:

I was up in Ely.

Did you have your pup with?  👍

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