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+1. Thanks for the good laugh and excellent detective work. Perhaps Jolicious could do a fishing detective show in which he figures out the unidentified lakes of all the other fishing shows. Linders were famous for this.

Dang fine product! Gitch ya some.

Amen. 40,000 acres, 365 islands, shallow weedy bays, rock reefs, crib docks, muskies, northerns, LM, SM, and Crappie. What else?Oh yeah, almost forgot Waldos.

Have a great trip! Beautiful lake and great multi-species fishery.

Thanks everyone. I was on Pool 2 which is anything but a wilderness experience. Numerous refineries, water treatment facilities, and barges give it that nice industrial feel. But, it's the closest fishery open for gamefish until the 2nd weekend in May (it's open year-round). It's been C & R for many years and it's been amazing to watch the fishery develop after the Twin Cities stopped treating it like a toilet. You still couldn't convince me to eat anything out of there. The Miss River below Lake City is beautiful as Lake Pepin acts like a settling pond and the water clears considerably downstream of it. As you noted, Champ, it's a great fishery. Navigation is tricky with the wing dams and closing dams but there are map chips to help with that. It's a different world from fishing natural lakes and I really enjoy it.

Sounds like a great morning on the water. You must've left BV in the middle of the night to launch by 5:30!

I'm forced to admit that it really fought and was a blast to catch. I think the river dwellers are more muscular than their lake cousins.

Not really a Table Rock post but I'm back in MN from another thoroughly enjoyable stay there and thought maybe y'all might like to see what a MN slam looks like? Had a great day yesterday on the Mississippi River in the St. Paul area. Apparently, just about all species "got the memo" except the catfish and drum! My favorite specie (the smallie) came on the Little Guy.

Thank goodness he does not wander downstream to the Cow Creek area.

Hope you have a great summer and fall of fishing, Jeff. See you next March.

Oh yah, you betcha! Last week for nordern MN.

Sorry, slipped up there. Actually, I'm practicing for my return to the northland this weekend. Don't want friends and family making fun of the way I talk.

Anyone else see him catch that sheephead on Bassmaster Live? I do believe he was throwing the Little Rig.

No apology needed Bobby. Just got a chuckle out of it. Glad you caught that very nice smallie!

Darn area pretty much describes every where I've fished lately Nice smallie!

Jimmy Houston been fishing TR?

Interesting. I fished the Cow Creek to Point 5 area yesterday and kept asking myself, "where is everybody"? I did struggle to get bites which might explain it. On another note, the water in that area sure seemed dirty to me.

All y'all are just too much. Cloquet? KVD? Jerseys? Only you guys could fit all that into one short thread. I lay down my mini android keyboard and accept defeat. Thanks for the laughs. BTW, picked up the "all y'all" from our guide at Cosmic Cavern yesterday. Had me some fried chickin at the Fillin Station last night. I feel like I'm in some sort of recovery myself.

Had the pleasure of spending a day in the boat with Dave (dtrs5kprs) yesterday. Great weather, great conversation, and smallies on steroids including one memorable fish that mocked me by diving under the boat and jumping on the other side behind my back where I could not see it! As Dave says, they are full of hate. I'll try to take it easy with the accolades, but Dave is good people and a great guy to spend the day with in the boat. Thank you sir.

Far away eyes?

Not in chronological order but it gives water temps which could help.

Way to go Champ! TBF National championship and high school championship this week (100 pros along with high schoolers). Tyson Bass Association April 28-30. Approx 500 fishermen expected. (as reported in the Stone County Gazette).

Seems like I may have wore out my welcome everywhere else on the lake.

Fished from 1:30 to 5:30 this afternoon. Found some cooperative schoolers and had a ball. Caught 19 with 5 being keepers. Keeps were barely so, all between 15-16". Water temps were 62-65. All bites came on a Gander Mountain 5" swimbait. All were Spots except for 4 LM. Fish were pretty turned on and more than once knocked slack in my line. Actually caught some of the bigger keeps pitching the swimbait to a dock and allowing it to fall vertically.

Perhaps, if you weren't catching so many fish you wouldn't have such issues. I feel for ya, guy.