Miller Creek

[itchmesir]

Probably just the catching native fish.. because otherwise Brookies are rather dumb and can easily be caught when you know where they are

Also if you are curious to find out if there are still brookies in whatever stream you decide to go to.. you can email or visit the fisheries office in LC and get shock reports from whatever streams you are interested in.. most will have a map of the area shocked and all the fish accounted for in that section... which will give you a good idea of whats in the stream.. and if the trout population is even worth your time

@leakywaders.. why cant you use Powerbait??? Is it not artificial enough? is there a new reg on Powerbait/Alive on AO streams?

[TRZ II]

Brookies are much better to eat, we enjoy them on the grill. When I lived in two harbors we had 2 streams that produced nice ones, but they aint too good anymore.

[reinhard1]

try the upper streches of the poplar river. fight the bugs and you will have a meal. good luck.

[suncruiser234]

OD I went to college in Winona and you will have a very hard time catching a brookie north of I90. There is an unnamed stream I caught them from regularly that is a tributary to the Root River. Somewhere by the town of Fremont.

[Scudly]

Leaky Hay Creek has brookies, correct? Perhaps some of the tribs? I agree, brookies taste the best. If I'm going to eat trout that is my preference.

There is another locals refer to as Toxic Creek. I have heard of a pool of slime they live in and an ornery drunk landowner referred to as "Hippo" that guards the place. Send me a PM if you are dying for the real name. It is a long shot, I have not even qualified it myself yet.

Good luck with your brookie pursuits. Headwaters are a good place to look (opposite of Toxic Creek pool I refer to).

[TRZ II]

Well we got out and ended up keeping 4 brookies. We fished spring creek in RW and got 3 brookies about 8in. We then drove south and found a few streams and caught no trout. Tried bell creek and caught 1 brown trout but had to throw it back because of regs. Tried second creek in LC but it was flooded. Tried Miller creek for a bit and found a hole but caught nothing. Then traveled to an unamed creek west of there and got one nice 12 in. brookie. We had fun but I'm very tired.

[ted4887]

Good to hear you found what you were looking for. I ran into a few surprise brookies today myself, although I didn't keep any. They sure are pretty fish, aren't they?

Did you have much company where you fished? I had a hard time getting away from the crowds, so ended up at a stream I'd never fished that was C&R only. Figured that'd keep most of the people away, lol.

[TRZ II]

There was only 1 other person i saw fishing on sun. The brookies were beautiful. It seemed like the water was down and I don't think the bright sun helped us much. But, we had fun.

[LegalFisher]

I live in Buffalo and I'm looking to do some trout fishing. I've never stream fished for trout before, so I'm looking for a fishing buddy, or at least some advice.

The DNR site suggested half a crawler on a #10 to #14 regular shank hook. Any thoughts on that advice?

How about a small spinner?

[LegalFisher]

Should have included the nearest trout streams:

Willow Creek, Spring Brook, Thiel Creek, Fairhaven Creek, Hanson Brook

[TRZ II]

Half crawler on plain hook is very good, cane pole can help too.

[leakywaders]

The St. Croix river is hands down the best trout river in the whole midwest. Anywhere between the headwaters and the Mississippi is great. There are several access points. I suggest any of them. Another good stream is the Mississippi. Again, many access points. Fish these two rivers and you WILL catch trout! Forget the rest...fish the best!