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[Turk]

06/23/02 St. Croix River walleye continues on a good bite, and the cumulative spring bite or general consensus has been considered a “ good bite” by many anglers. The bite has been favorable both north of Stillwater, MN and south to the deeper water. Wayne Wohlers, St. Croix River expert angler, considers the catches of recent trips as some of the best catches in four years, in numbers and size. Wohlers’ walleyes fall to minnow plugs trolled in the shallow water mainly from Osceola to Stillwater. Bill Mitchell, another St. Croix River expert reports some hot and cold days, but reports a recent trip fishing south of Afton, pulling spinners and crawlers in 15 feet along the Minnesota shoreline as “catching enough legal sized fish for a four man limit.” The larger walleyes, 24” and larger, are not an uncommon fish, and are being reported weekly, which is better than normal for the scenic St. Croix. Recent rains have called for a water level increase from 677.7 to 680.5 or 681 by the end of the week. Expect fish to react to this water level rise, an increased flow rate concentrates fish and is prime for vertical jigging. A sobering note about an increased flow is the water clarity decrease. Many parallels exist between trout and walleye fishing; one example is that a good bite happens as water clarity increases after a prolonged period of low clarity. Smile - fishing is for fun!

Turk
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