There here.....

[MNRiverRat]

Was out today.

My neighbor and I had a nice couple of hours towards evening. Caught 8 eyes between 19-21 inches and he got a pig, 29" and 9.9 pounds. I let him bring it home for the wall.... Nice and fat, 18.5" girth. I still haven't broke 8 pounds yet this year, I'll just have to go fishing more, right? Definetly not the worst hour and a half I've ever spent on the river. I hope the bite stays on for a while this year, unlike last.

MNRiverRat

[J Rookie K]

That sounded like a good day. I was out today and managed a few, nothing to exciting. The river rose like 5 ft in St Peter, since tuesday. We dont need more rain! Give me a shout if ya want to get out. Did ya get any decent Cats this season? 12.5 was my biggest, not good. Good Luck, Justan.

[DARK30]

There here alright! I've been doing real well since friday. Nothing big but lots of 17-20" eyes and they arn't pickey either...shad raps and plastics of all colors.

Now we'll see how the higher water effects things.

WET NETS!

[Mr Special]

Went down to the Shakopee area yesterday morning. One of the best trips I've had all year. On darn near every cast, we had a bite. Usually a white bass or sheep head. Only caught 4 walleyes, but they ranged from 20", 22", 22.5" and a 24.5" that went 6lbs she was fat. Jig and fathead caught the most but Jig and grub caught bigger fish.

[Dennis Steele]

Good to see you got the 'puter working Dark.The forces of evil are safe no more.

Mr Special,

What time were you down at Chaska?

I whipped by around 11:00 and saw three guys working the shore.Was one of them you?

[Mr Special]

Nope,

Moby1 and I were down at the Shakopee area. But I did go to Chaska on saturday morning and caught one small whitebass, missed a couple of bites and had something really big on a Thunderstick but got off. That's one nice wally you got there.

[CANOPY SAM]

Hey Dennis,

I wanna thank you for having me along last Wednesday. Had a great time as usual. It was good to fish with you, as always.

Sounds like the water shot up a bit with the rains. If you happen to have some free time this week feel free to give me a call. The fishing should be picking up a little with the rising water as long as it's not too murky.

We caught some nice fish up at the Rainy, but the weather really boned us on Saturday. There was a pretty spooky thunderstorm that rolled over just ahead of the evening bite, and by the next morning the river was a mess. Thunderstorms in northern Minnesota in late October! What's next?

[Dennis Steele]

Looks like the "real" job will be keeping busy most of this week.

I did get to get out with my boss yesterday for a couple hours after work.The water is rising fast but the eyes are still on a good bite.We picked up mess of nice eaters on a rocky point.Cleaned 11 this morning at the shop before heading to work.

4" yellow Power Grubs and JRs rattel jigs took them all in less than 5 feet of water.

The river is starting to get a little muddy as well.There was a deffinate mudline forming off the rock point that we picked up the fish on last night.

[DARK30]

I went down after work to where I have been getting spoiled this weekend. The water has come up quite a bit and changed the flow of the area but I did manage to get two before dark. The river has already come down two feet at Morton and has crested at Mankato after rising 2.5 feet. Hopefully this weekend will bring fast action again!

Its nice to have a computer that works again! don't know exactly what happened but nothing that a few calls to gateway and a helpful geek at work can't fix And yes, Now I need to go battle the forces of evil on one of the UT servers....Lets see, where did I put that rocket launcher......http://www.unrealtournament.com/ut2004/

[MNRiverRat]

Ran down to shakopee tonight, caught 2, a 21" and 16", river is up and is definetly muddier than before. Hopefully things stay ok and don't go to hell with the water high. I have to say this is one of my favorite times of the year.... As far as cat's go (this year)I got a couple in the 20lb range, and lost a couple of bigger ones, one was the last night of cat league, it would have gone at or over thirty, but nothing super big this year.

MNRiverRat