6-12-2014 Thr. 4PM-730PM myself
Weather: (1653) W18 G23, overcast, 70˚, 29.85 rising
Water: 10.4 rising, 72˚, clear off of Black but dirty otherwise, 101 kcfs
Caught: Approx. 12 LMB 10-18", 2 pike 20 & 22"
Comments:
It was a thursday. It was very windy and hard to fish, but there were not many people out, so it was very relaxing. Fishing was very tuff, but I did alright fishing the lower deltas of the Black.
Observations:
The Black is full of minnows right now, and I suspect they are pike fry.
Saturday, June 14, 2014
6-11-14 Wed
6-11-2014 Wed. 7PM-11PM myself & Troy
Weather: (2053) SE5, clear, 73˚, 29.72 falling, moonrise 8PM
Water: 10.34 rising, 72˚, clear, 100 kcfs
Caught: me: 1 flat head 25 lbs, 2 channel cats 6-8 lbs
Troy: 1 flat head 12 lbs
Comments:
I have not fished with Troy for awhile and it was good to get out with him again. The fishing was pretty good, and we had consistent action. We were fishing up the Black River a little ways.
Observations:
The water is still very high, but a least in the back slough areas the water is still very clear. There is a lot of wild rice laying on the surface, but none of it has stood up yet.
Weather: (2053) SE5, clear, 73˚, 29.72 falling, moonrise 8PM
Water: 10.34 rising, 72˚, clear, 100 kcfs
Caught: me: 1 flat head 25 lbs, 2 channel cats 6-8 lbs
Troy: 1 flat head 12 lbs
Comments:
I have not fished with Troy for awhile and it was good to get out with him again. The fishing was pretty good, and we had consistent action. We were fishing up the Black River a little ways.
Observations:
The water is still very high, but a least in the back slough areas the water is still very clear. There is a lot of wild rice laying on the surface, but none of it has stood up yet.
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
6-9-2014 Mon.
6-9-2014 Mon. 7PM-830PM myself
Weather: (1953) E3, clear, 72˚, 29.94 steady
Water: 10.21 rising, 74 ˚, semi-clear, 97.5 kcfs
Caught: Approximately 25 bluegills 4-7.5”
Comments:
I plan to do some catfishing in the next two weeks, so I needed to get out and see if I could find some bluegills. The water is quite high and fairly dirty, so I was not overly optimistic. I did not find a large concentration of gills, but overall I did find a fair number. The average size was about six inches and most had not yet spawned. I fished the man-made islands and did the best on the rock face of the northern most one.
Observations:
The black flies were bad tonight and of course so were the mosquitoes. The irises are in full bloom along with the peonies and the wild rice is now lying on top of the surface.
Weather: (1953) E3, clear, 72˚, 29.94 steady
Water: 10.21 rising, 74 ˚, semi-clear, 97.5 kcfs
Caught: Approximately 25 bluegills 4-7.5”
Comments:
I plan to do some catfishing in the next two weeks, so I needed to get out and see if I could find some bluegills. The water is quite high and fairly dirty, so I was not overly optimistic. I did not find a large concentration of gills, but overall I did find a fair number. The average size was about six inches and most had not yet spawned. I fished the man-made islands and did the best on the rock face of the northern most one.
Observations:
The black flies were bad tonight and of course so were the mosquitoes. The irises are in full bloom along with the peonies and the wild rice is now lying on top of the surface.
Monday, June 9, 2014
6-6&7-2014 Fri/Sat
6-6-2014 Fri. 11AM-830PM myself & Scott St Louis River6-7-2014 Sat 1PM-8:30PM myself & Scott, St Croix Flowage and Bear Lake
Weather: 6-6(1355) Duluth W12, sunny, 79˚, 29.90 rising
6-7(1330)Danbury NE8, overcast, 55 ˚, 30.02 rising (it rained all night and most of the morning).
Water: St Louis R, 72-74 ˚, dirty and high
St Croix Flowage clear, very weedy, 68 ˚
Bear stained, high, 66 ˚
Caught: St. Louis: 1-41.5” musky, 3 small pike
St Croix Flowage: lots of small pike with one 28” and some decent largemouth bass
Bear Lake: 1-42” musky, several small pike
Comments:
It was my annual spring fishing trip up to the cabin. Unfortunately we did not hit the small mouths up in Ashland, but instead concentrated on musky fishing. Friday we spent the day up in Duluth fishing the St Louis River. If it would not have been for Scott catching a musky on his third cast it would have been a bust. The water was very dirty and high and too warm for the pike to be active.
Saturday we fished the St Croix Flowage. I mainly fished for pike while Scott punished himself searching for muskies. We both caught lots of small pike and I also caught some largemouth bass, but no muskies were caught. This was a new body of water for us to fish and it has a ton of weeds almost everywhere.
We finished off Saturday night fishing my favorite musky lake not too far from the cabin. We both caught small pike and I also caught the one decent musky.
I also set out a bear bait behind the barn and had a bear on the camera ten hours later.
Observations:
The area up here had been buried by snow all winter and now this spring it had been drenched by the rains. Unfortunately the road into the cabin is soup and the mosquitoes are absolutely the worst I have ever experienced. The lilacs are blooming up here, and the weed growth in the St Croix flowage is already quite extensive. We saw lots of wildlife this trip and it included: deer, bear, coyote, fox, skunk, porcupine, turkey and an unidentifiable black critter about the size of a medium dog.
Tuesday, June 3, 2014
6-1-14 Sun.
6-1-2014 Sun. 615PM-815PM myself
Weather: (1853) S6, scattered rain, 72˚, 29.76 falling
Water: clear, 74 ˚, 8.94 rising, 79.6 kcfs
Caught: 3 pike 20-28”, 5 w bass 14-16”, 3 lmb 13-15”, 2 smb 12-14”
Comments:
Tonight was a fish for whatever bites night. I had seen fish chasing minnows the other night at one particular spot, so that spot was definitely on my radar. I started out fishing for bass and pike and had limited success. I then tried for some walleyes and had no success with them.
Finally, I settled in to a white bass on top water action spot, which resulted in some pretty fun action. You just cannot beat fishing for white bass using top water baits.
Observations:
The river has stopped receding and is heading back up. The locust trees are now blooming.
Weather: (1853) S6, scattered rain, 72˚, 29.76 falling
Water: clear, 74 ˚, 8.94 rising, 79.6 kcfs
Caught: 3 pike 20-28”, 5 w bass 14-16”, 3 lmb 13-15”, 2 smb 12-14”
Comments:
Tonight was a fish for whatever bites night. I had seen fish chasing minnows the other night at one particular spot, so that spot was definitely on my radar. I started out fishing for bass and pike and had limited success. I then tried for some walleyes and had no success with them.
Finally, I settled in to a white bass on top water action spot, which resulted in some pretty fun action. You just cannot beat fishing for white bass using top water baits.
Observations:
The river has stopped receding and is heading back up. The locust trees are now blooming.
Sunday, June 1, 2014
5-30-14 Fri
5-30-2014 Fri. 7PM-11PM myself
Weather: (1955) SE5, clear, 79˚, 30.07 rising
Water: clear, 74-82 ˚, 9.46 falling, 85.2 kcfs/Black R. 5.79 falling, 3.2 kcfs, clear
Caught: Bait: some very nice bluegills, no flats or cats
Comments:
I was flying solo on the catfish tonight. I started out trying to catch bait on the south end of the channel, but that was a dead end. I then made my way out to the man-made islands, and my fortunes increased. There were lots of big bluegills out there and they were into the spawn. Catfishing was very uneventful, I had one bite and that was it.
Observations:
The mosquitoes were absolutely and totally horrendous! The purple flowers over the dog’s graves are blooming along with the irises. My red but tree did not have much for blooms this year and now it is beginning to leaf out.
Weather: (1955) SE5, clear, 79˚, 30.07 rising
Water: clear, 74-82 ˚, 9.46 falling, 85.2 kcfs/Black R. 5.79 falling, 3.2 kcfs, clear
Caught: Bait: some very nice bluegills, no flats or cats
Comments:
I was flying solo on the catfish tonight. I started out trying to catch bait on the south end of the channel, but that was a dead end. I then made my way out to the man-made islands, and my fortunes increased. There were lots of big bluegills out there and they were into the spawn. Catfishing was very uneventful, I had one bite and that was it.
Observations:
The mosquitoes were absolutely and totally horrendous! The purple flowers over the dog’s graves are blooming along with the irises. My red but tree did not have much for blooms this year and now it is beginning to leaf out.
5-28-14 Wed
5-28-2014 Sun 8:30AM-5:30PM myself
Weather: (1253) NW6, clear, 67˚, 30.07 rising
Water: 10.99 falling, 76.7 kcfs, 72 ˚, clear but got very muddy
Caught: 12 pike 12-36”, 16 LMB 14-16”, 1 walleye 15”
Comments:
Since I had such good luck up the river last Sunday, I was hoping for a repeat. Of course it did not happen, but I still did catch plenty of fish.
I did have an interesting moment with the largest pike of the day. When I picked the fish up and slid my fingers under its gill plate, I hooked myself on the lure that was in the fish’s mouth. I was pretty nervous until I was able to free my finger from the grip of the lure. That fish was rather large and powerful and if it would have started to thrash, I would have been in big time trouble. I somehow did manage to free my finger, remove the hook and release the fish and escape with only a couple small punctures to my finger.
Observations:
There is still not too much for aquatic vegetation up here, but the water has been so high for so long that I think it has slowed the growth of the plants.
Weather: (1253) NW6, clear, 67˚, 30.07 rising
Water: 10.99 falling, 76.7 kcfs, 72 ˚, clear but got very muddy
Caught: 12 pike 12-36”, 16 LMB 14-16”, 1 walleye 15”
Comments:
Since I had such good luck up the river last Sunday, I was hoping for a repeat. Of course it did not happen, but I still did catch plenty of fish.
I did have an interesting moment with the largest pike of the day. When I picked the fish up and slid my fingers under its gill plate, I hooked myself on the lure that was in the fish’s mouth. I was pretty nervous until I was able to free my finger from the grip of the lure. That fish was rather large and powerful and if it would have started to thrash, I would have been in big time trouble. I somehow did manage to free my finger, remove the hook and release the fish and escape with only a couple small punctures to my finger.
Observations:
There is still not too much for aquatic vegetation up here, but the water has been so high for so long that I think it has slowed the growth of the plants.
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