9-2-14 Tue

9-2-14 Tue 6-8PM myself musky fishing
Weather: 72°, sunny, N10
H2O: 72°, clear
Where: Amicon Lake
Caught: 1-21" pike and 1-38" musky

Comments:

It was my second trip to Amicon and I caught my first musky on it. The musky was caught on a Top Raider after sunset. The fish just crushed the bait. The fish was in shallow water with lots of submergent vegetation.

Observations:

The water is quite dark, but clear and there is abundant weed growth. The south end also had plenty of wild rice, with many ducks coming into and out of as I was fishing.

9-1-14 Mon

9-1-14 Mon 5-8PM bass and pike fishing at cabin, myself
Weather: N10, clear, 72°
H2O: High, 72°, clear
Where: Bear track lake and the Gilmore Chain of Lakes
Caught: 1-12" LMB Bear Track, smaller LMB and pike on the Gilmore Chain

Comments:

I fished Bear Track lake for about an hour and caught one bass, the water was high but clear.
I then moved to the Gilmore lakes and fished all three till dark. I caught smaller LMB and pike on all three lakes. Lower Gilmore had dingy water with lots of lily pads. Middle was deep and clear with submergent weeds around the sides. Upper was also clear but shallow and it also had lots of lilly pads.

Observations:

The water levels were high on account of all the rain the past couple of days.

8-23-14 Sat

8-23-2014 Sat 6PM - 1AM Scott and Myself
Weather: (2153), SE6, clear, 78°, 29.94↔
H2O: 5.44↑, 37 kcfs, 76°, green
Where: Mississippi R. upper pool 7
Caught: Bait, Me: 2 flats 8&35 lbs Scott: 2 flats 21 & 23 lbs

Comments:

It was an early action night for us tonight. All the fish and the majority of the bites came in the first hour at our first spot. Our second spot produced a couple of lack luster bites but no fish. I am not sure if that was on account of it being a bad spot, or on account of our limited supply of bait and the size of that bait being in the jumbo category.

Observations:

The rice is really starting to tassel and I think I was smelling it while cat fishing tonight.

8-22-14 Fri

8-22-2014 Fri 530PM - 1AM
Weather: (2153), N6, clear, 76°, 29.97↑
H2O: 5.42↑, 37 kcfs, 76°, fairly green
Where: Mississippi R. middle pool 7
Caught: Bait, Me: 2 flats 8&27 lbs Ryan: 3 flats 5,8 & 50 lbs

Comments:

It was the big flat tourney night and Ryan and I won it with a fifty pound flat. We had good action all night with five fish making it to our hands. We got a total of twelve bites, which made for an action packed night. Ryan caught the big fish of the night, but I just had to get a picture of myself holding such an impressive sized fish.

Observations:

The flats seem to be on the main channel areas that have submerged wood. We fished depths between twelve and twenty-five feet.

8-21-14 Thr

8-21-2014 Thr 6PM - 8PM
Weather: (21530, SE8, partly cloudy, 77°, 29.87↔
H2O: 5.47↓, 37.5 kcfs, 76°, fairly green
Where: Mississippi R. Pool 7 - Shoe Slough
Caught: Bluegills and a few crappies

Comments:

I have a small flat head fishing tournament on Friday, and I was out tonight pre-fishing for potential bluegill spots. I fished about a half dozen spots and found concentrations of bluegills in about three spots. All the fish seem to be relating to heavy timber with some current and depth also being a key ingredient.

Observations:

The water by the boat landing is quite clear, but the main river areas are fairly green.

8-16-14 Sat

8-16-2014 Sat 1PM - 8PM
Weather: overcast, 74°, calm to 10-15 NW
H20: Bear: stained, 74°, St Croix Flowage: clear and weedy, 75°
Where: Bear Track lake and St Croix Flowage
Caught: Bear Track: 1 musky 28", 2 small pike, St Croix Flowage: small pike and small LMB

Comments:

I was up north bear baiting and I decide to pull my small boat up and leave it there through bear season. Troy and I fished two lakes on Saturday: Bear Track and the St Croix Flowage.
Bear Track is my old reliable musky lake, and it did not disappoint this time either. Although the Musky and the pike were small at least I caught a musky. I have a suspicion the lake is getting lots of pressure.
We then fished the St Croix Flowage till dark and had fairly good action about the last hour of daylight. All the fish we caught were fairly small.

Observations:

Bear Track has the most rice I have ever seen on it; the lake is completely ringed with it and very few lily pads are visible. The St Croix Flowage is very weed choked and it has rice on the Eastern side.

8-13-14 Wed.

8-13-2014 Wed 7PM - 1115PM
Weather: calm, clear, 62°
H20: 5.3↔, 35 kcfs, 79°, dingy
Where: Mississippi R. pool 7
Caught: Bait, 2 flat heads 17 & 22 lbs

Comments:

I was a loner tonight cat fishing. Bait catching was a little difficult on account of I stopped at a friends houseboat and had a beer with him, which limited my time in which to catch bait. I did catch some bait, but most of the bluegills and the one crappie were of the magnum size.
The first spot produced one fish before I had all three poles out. The same thing happened with the second spot. It seemed if the fish were there they were going to bite. I was planning on keeping a couple of fish for future meals, but both were too big to kill.

Observations:

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