roughfish29 Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 i haven't hit the cannon yet this year, but the carp on the vermillion are pretty inactive. but i might hit a spot on the mississippi this weekend.and yes, roughfish go all year. no waiting for a season! yet another plus side of chasing the roughies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scudly Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 roughfish one is allowed to fish for alternate species on a designated trout stream- year round? I know in WI it is illegal to fish for any species of fish in a designated trout stream when trout season is closed. I sifted through MN regs. It says rough fish may not be taken by spear, harpoon, or dip net in designated trout lakes or streams. However does not say you cannot fish for them. So you fish with bait. If a CO checks you out how would he know if you are targeting trout or targeting rough fish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goblueM Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 i believe you cannot fish designated trout streams during the closed season. he is probably fishing the non-designated portion of the vermillion, and the Cannon itself is not a designated trout stream Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scudly Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 Yeah assume so. I'm sure MN is just like WI. You cannot target any species in a designated trout stream during the closed season. So downstream of 52 I guess. Cannon open year round too. None of it is designated except the Little Cannon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itchmesir Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 I've always been under the assumption that if the stream is a designated trout water.. then you cannot fish it unless season is open..PS: can you fish non-designated waters year round? or do you still need to use the seasonal guidelines?.... next year will be so much easier when all streams can be fished in the winter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scudly Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Quote:PS: can you fish non-designated waters year round? or do you still need to use the seasonal guidelines?.... next year will be so much easier when all streams can be fished in the winterGreat question. Believe it is a gray area. There are many many more non-designated streams that hold trout in WI than MN. And if one went there to catch and release trout (pre-season) would that be legal? I assume so as long as it is first Sat in March. Why not? In my opinion if you were in southwestern WI, what else would you be fishing for on a small spring creek? Yet in WI the first Sat in March is open to ALL streams in western and southwestern WI. You are right. When 2011 or 2012 Jan 1 is open to all streams this will simplify regulations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roughfish29 Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 ok, ok, here is the deal, i am (was) fishing on designated trout water. but in the 2010 regulations, it says that STREAMS-winter season is from jan. 1 - march 31. i do not want to be breaking any laws, i absolutely cannot stand people who do, but i don't believe i was. to be safe, i will be staying off of the vermilion until i get further clarification, or until april 17th. somebody please help me out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterbound Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 The winter season in streams is for certain streams in the southeast part of the state. The Vermilion is not one of those, although only part of the water is designated trout water. The part that is not designated is legal to fish year round for legal species. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roughfish29 Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 thank you waterbound. i won't be making that mistake again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grate8 Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 dood cant wait til season opensbeen inside all winter too long1!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Hudson Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 Open water up here on the main lake, of Superior, where we are catching some nice trouts.. Salmon too.. Brule opens this weekend, anyone coming up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterbound Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 Nice fish! I sure wish I could come up for the Brule opener this weekend, but I have to work instead...the weekend after I'm planning on giving her a shot though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itchmesir Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Got out today.. was nothing short of a great day to be on the water... unfortunately it was all about quantity(30+ day) and not quality.. but that's ok.. its better than skunked... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterbound Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Hard to complain about getting out and catching some trouts on a day as nice as today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
so haaad Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Looks like a good day to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Cloud Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Nice fish everyone! Our trout opener is always april 1st and my dad and I had a good first morning... We always start fishing a trib of a lake that has rainbows. These fish run op the creeks each spring to spawn. It's never a numbers game but you have a shot at a big fish. We covered alot of water and my dad connected with this 2 footer... From there we hit one of our favorite creeks for holdover browns. They stock this creek but not yet this year. We picked up 5 nice fish before I had to head to work... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itchmesir Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Another day out on the stream today... obviously part of it was a popular stretch for the spring catch&release as i came in contact with 2 other cars... was a great day though.. caught a lot of trout.. here's a few Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itchmesir Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 and for my next act.. the Magic Trout.. TA DA! ^^ after i noticed this on my camera.. i laughed pretty good.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itchmesir Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Those fish are amazing Cloud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkv Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 Loving it, wonderful catches! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goblueM Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 hey nice fish itchmesir. just a friendly reminder, if you are going to release trout it is not good to lay them on the ground like thati'm guilty of it occasionally myself, but i'm trying to cut it out. NOT good for them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itchmesir Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 i need to fix my neck strap for my camera to make it more accessible for in hand/stream shots.. im not a fan of laying them on the ground either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itchmesir Posted April 7, 2010 Share Posted April 7, 2010 got out late... wasn't too much going on.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterbound Posted April 7, 2010 Share Posted April 7, 2010 I have to say, even if there isn't much going on I'd still be pretty happy trout fishing every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
so haaad Posted April 7, 2010 Share Posted April 7, 2010 Nice dark colors on that one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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