Shorefishing spots by Eden Prairie

[cubicleboy]

Hoping to try some shorefishing with a co-worker this afternoon. Looking to catch anything but panfish. Any recommendations on lakes in the Eden Prairie area? Catch/Release only.

Minnetonka-I've tried several spots before but open to hearing about good shorefishing spots.

Riley: Tons of panfish. Haven't had much luck getting anything bigger

Staring: Went there once. Lots of panfish. Have people been catching carp there?

[Mr Special]

im not to familiar with the lakes around there, but the Mn river is just dwn the road a lil and will offer a good chances and bigger fish. its hard to go wrong with soaking a crawler on bottom, it'll catch jsut about everything that swims in the river.

there sum shorefishing spots along the Old Ferry Bridge area.

FYI, Bring ur bug spray

[aanderud]

I've heard that Staring lake has a large carp population but a guy last weekend also told me that they removed a LOT of them last winter. Not sure if it's true or not.

[Stick500]

I heard that same thing about carp removal at Staring

dang, I just moved to Eden Prairie!

EDIT: I did my research and yes they did make a big haul out of Staring this past winter. It was the U of M bunch using their "Judas fish" method to figure out where they're schooling under the ice.

you can read about it here;

Judas carp