2020 Waterfowl Hunting Reports by Troy Smutka of Great Day on the Water Guide Service
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Troy Smutka,
in MN Duck Hunting - Geese - Waterfowl-Sandhill Cranes
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By gimruis
Not sure if anyone else saw this but the statewide pheasant report was released by the DNR yesterday and its up 42% statewide. Its the highest numbers in over a decade. A mostly mild winter and a dry spring likely accounted for lower mortality and a good hatch. There will be no shortage of birds...or hunters.
https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/recreation/hunting/pheasant/prospect_map.pdf
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By 2adrsuess
Anyone care to share how their season went? This was my first season waterfowl hunting in southern Minnesota, and so far I'm eating license and stamp soup! I started out jump shooting along river beds, and then picked up a dozen mallard decoys and went out on the Mississippi with my canoe. Saw a lot of birds early in the season, but they got few and far between pretty quick. I've been geese hunting public fields as well with two dozen silhouettes, but the geese seem to have moved south as well. Maybe this storm tonight will bring in some fresh birds. I'm telling myself I made all my mistakes this season, and I'll give them hell next year
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By Brandon Smith
Where are people taking hides these days? I haven't seen hides for habitat dropoffs this year.
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By ANYFISH2
It appears the US Fish and Wildlife Service is in the press of removing the Grey Wolf from the Endangered and Threatened lists. After waiting period they will be delisted on January 4th 2021.
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By going4it
Heading up this week to chase birds and wondering if the leaves are mostly down? Thank you for the info.
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By Brian Balzum
I have a new Ruger GP100 6" barrel and I'm looking for the best cartridge for deer hunting? Max distance would be 30 - 40 yards
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By ANYFISH2
Just heads up, if you haven't already heard. Camp Ripley youth hunt has been cancelled for 2020.
Public hunts will not have a lottery, information and purchase dates will be released in August. This allows for a easier cancelation of the hunts.
Thanks Covid.
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Your Responses - Share & Have Fun :)
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By monstermoose78 · Posted
It was good to see you @Cret Jigs glad you got some fish to eat. It was nice to fish out of my house as I don’t do that enough. Caught some fish nothing great but it was ok. Please just be kind to people that’s all I ask! -
By Influenza · Posted
One of my favorite times - Sunday evening looking West across Big Bay all the way to Cook in the distance. No sounds of generators. No karaoke speakers blaring across the lake. No party howlers. Just the wind and the stars. 👍 -
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By LakeofthewoodsMN · Posted
On the south end... Walleyes and saugers sliding into a bit deeper water with 26-30 feet being where most are fishingl Good numbers of fish continue to be caught with a lot of sorting the future small fish in the system and choosing just the right ones for a fish fry. Make some noise! Jigging with lures with a rattle or vibration has been effective in both catching and attracting fish. Use your second line, use as a deadstick, a jig or plain hook with a live minnow under a bobber set at 6 inches to a foot off of the bottom. Electronics are helpful to show fish, how they are reacting to your presentation and when they are suspended. Popular lure colors... gold, glow red, glow white, pink and green. Nice numbers of walleyes over 28 inches caught this week. Walleyes, saugers, jumbo perch, big pike, tullibees, eelpout and even an occasional crappie or sturgeon being caught on Big Traverse Bay. On the Rainy River... Ice fishing on areas of the river continues to produce some walleyes mornings and evenings. As ice conditions vary greatly on the river as there is moving water, we encourage guests who don't know the river to work through a resort for safety. The snowmobile trail on the river from Baudette to Wheeler's Point to the NW Angle is open. Up at the NW Angle... With the border closure, there are four ways to travel to the NW Angle without crossing the border. 1. NW Angle Guest Ice Road is open! 2. Snowmobile trails across the lake are open. 3. Lake of the Woods Passenger Service (bombardier). 4. Lake Country Air. Walleyes, saugers and jumbo perch with an occasional pike, eelpout, or tullibee in the mix up at the NW Angle. 22-27' has been the goto depth for most anglers. No surprise, pink and gold have been hot colors, a LOW favorite with the stained waters. Communicate with your favorite NW Angle resort for specifics. -
By smurfy · Posted
my wife and i stayed in the cabin just to the right of the landing by the lake a couple times. cabin 11, it has a wood fireplace.!!!!!! -
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By smurfy · Posted
sweet👍 next time up i might head that way. cabin is 45 minutes from there. yea there access can be interesting at times!!!!!! -
By SkunkedAgain · Posted
I remember my father wearing the shock vest for his afib just in case things went haywire. After a year of it he got to stop but still had to swallow the rat poison daily. I suppose that I'll be there at some point. Maybe I need to keep running from the sauna to the snowpile to keep my ticker in shape. Stay strong. -
By Wanderer · Posted
You’re exactly right. They have their maximum profits dialed in and to heck with incidental late demand when it comes to that stuff. This year has amplified that process. You couldn’t find any popular fishing line in stock in the Baxter store past opener. It wasn’t even good BY opener. -
By Wanderer · Posted
Naw, I didn’t. There wasn’t really much for hanging out inside. Rick was coaching everyone up the access today though. Had to tow some according to reports. We made it up fine. LOTS of small walleyes to go around but several people iced 20” plus fish. I lost one heavy fish at 5:30 this morning - pulled too hard after setting the hook; the line stretched and the fish didn’t move much. Pike showed up but most went back due to the slot. Perch were on the light side for keepers but kept things going. Most action was in 20-22 fow either on top of a bar or the top of the breaks. I went out to 32 fow and marked some tullibees but they wouldn’t chase. Caught some more perch but had to keep them all due to the barotrauma. Burnt orange was our best jig or hook color. Caught fish on crappie jigs and minnows, chubs and one on a sucker. -
By leech~~ · Posted
Have noticed that since the big wigs own Fleet now. They do "seasonal buys" on items and once its sold out there is no resupplying until next season. They start combining shelving and moving in the summer boating stuff.
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