Cedar

[catmand0o0]

Can anyone tell me how the Cedar River is for Channel Cats up here toward MN? Would it be worth my while to get an IA license in order to fish cats on the Cedar as far down as Mitchell? Or am I better off trying some lakes? I'd appreciate any insights you could offer!

[goodyy7]

I wish I could help, but dont get over that way much. I hear a lot of guys talking about fishing the Cedar further south for eyes and cats and smallies, and just about everything really, but dont know about up your way. Hopefully someone can help you out here.

goody

[delmuts]

fished below the dam at nashua today. guys were catching walleyes on both sides of the river. no cats or northern saw one very nice small mouth caught. hot bait was minnows. all i could catch was two small carp on jigs. del

[supserdave]

Del, were they getting them on three way rigs or jigs and minnows? Any size to them?

Thanks

Dave

[delmuts]

dave. the guys close to me were fishing with a big split shot about 18" above a plain hook. one guy was hooking his minnows thru the back and the other was thru the mouth.the guy across looked like he was using either a jig and minnow or plain hook also. they said two guys were there at daybrake using minnows on a jig head( they got thier limit). the two guys by me would toss them out and let them sit. the guy on the other side was working his bait slowly. del

[supserdave]

Thanks for the reply delmar.

How big were there fish? It seems like every year a monster or two comes out of there.

[delmuts]

the guy close to me had three in a basket. they looked like a 12",14", and maybe a 15. another guy gave him a 12"( cigars!) the guy across; it looked like several 12-14 and one looked like a 16" the smally the guy kept was a 16-17 . ooch! del

[supserdave]

Only if I could set the limits............

[delmuts]

i know the feeling! del

[fishdog]

Ive caught several large Channel Cats on the Upper Ceder River, a little north of Austin Mn. (20 miles or so north of the Iowa/Minnesota boarder). The summer of 2003 my largest was 16lbs , I caught several over 10lbs, I only caught one cat that was less than 5 lbs . This past summer I caught a 12lb and a 14lb. ,caught alot of bullheads and was skunked a few times. I've released all of the cats after taking pictures of them.

Good luck,

fishdog

[delmuts]

i fished at nashua again today, and again i didn't catch a walleye! one guy got his limit of 5. two were 13 -15, the rest were smaller. i played with the carp again! still minnows are the bait.