5th Annual Trout Day!!!!!

[Jim W]

The 5th Annual Trout Day is April 30th, 2005

FREE FREE FREE

Forestville Mystery Cave State Park in the heart of SE MN's

Karst region.

Trout fishing, spin fishing and fly fishing instruction and demonstrations, FREE door prizes for registered attendees.

Door prizes include, Professionally guided fishing trips, tackle, gift certificates and more.

This years winning artist for the 2005 Trout Stamp is graciously donating a print of his fine winning work! Could be yours!?

The DNR's MINN AQUA Educational Program will be there again.

The DNR's Lanesboro Fisheries Office will provide Trout Day's favorite Electro-fishing demonstration and will give updtaes and answer questions regarding new trout regs, and status of SE MN's Coldwater Habitat and trout.

This event is for all ages regardless of experience levels or preferred techniques.

Youth groups and Scout troops welcome!!

[please notify Jim W if bringing a large group]

Please refer to Rochester and Trout forum for more information on this years Event!

Let us know if your interested and if you have come in the past,please take time to share how Trout Day was for you!

Thanks and look forward to seeing you there!

Jim

[Dennis Steele]

This is a great time.

I have been going to Jim W's trout day for a number of years now. I had never fished trout in a stream before attending the first one and I have learned a lot. Jim does a great job organizing this event and there is something for everyone. The MINN AQUA program is great for the kids and the electro shocking is a lot of fun to watch. You would never know there were so many fish in one little stretch of stream.

Be sure to check this event out. Its a good one!

[Jim W]

Thanks Dennis!

For those considering this you might want to get some campsites reserved if planning on sticking around to fish on Sunday etc.

Forestville Mystery Cave State Park has sites real close to the river and Maple Springs Campground is just down the road from the park.

Hope to meet some new folks this year!

Jim

[witter1631]

Sounds fun to me I just came to this area for school and I will have to get my freind from home that I hook on trout fishing last summer over here. I would like to learn more about trout fishing around here so I will prob head there.

Cya

Matt

[Jim W]

witter,

Make sure you look me up.

I am asking that all who plan to attend arrive by 8:30 to register and hear the agenda for the day etc.

Now let's hope for a nice 60 + degree day! lol

Jim

[witter1631]

Will do I am going to go look up directions right now.. Hope to have a blast and it can never hurt to hear others fishing styles.

Matt

[witter1631]

Hey Jim if you would be so kind to give me directions to this place from Winona it would be a big help thanks a ton

Matt

[Jim W]

Good question. I would encourage everyone to do a mapquest.

However, from Winona I would get off INterstate 90 at 74.

Head South on 74 to Chatfield and then Take County 5 South, through Wykoff. Keep going on 5 and watch for the signs on your left.

About 4-5 miles from the Highway 16 and County 5 intersection.

This was from first glance. So there might be another backroad that is faster?

If you have a MN road map you can easily trace my directions.

See you there!

Jim

[witter1631]

can you send me the page or something becuase i couldnt figure it out the other day when I went to the site. I didnt know what to type in

thanks

Matt

[uffdapete]

Just type in the park's phone no. - 507-352-5111 - in Google and it will give you a link to 2 maps.

[Jim W]

Please arrive by 8:00am or shortly there after so things can get cookin' by 9 am!

Also, Trout maps and reg books will be available.

Hopefully the new easment/map booklet will be available as well!

Getting close!

Jim

[Jim W]

A list of current folks donating to Trout Day and Trout Day door prizes:

* Scenic Tackle

* Hutch's Tackle

* Northland Tackle

* Culprit Tackle

* Mepps Spinners and Spoons

* Culver's of Rochester

* Gateway Store/ Phil Hart

* Mel Dickie Custom Rods

* Gander Mountain of Rochester

* Magnum Sports in Chatfield

* Jason Brown(Artist) 2005 Trout Stamp print

* Steve Renneberg and Erich Sylvester/ Hand crafted trout net!

* GUIDE TRIPS!!!!!

* Turk Gierke Croixsippi guide service(Croixsippi.com)

* Terry Sojberg Lake Vermilion

* Cliff Wagenbach Lake Vermilion

[Jim W]

WOuld like to note that a annual donater, Micah Hanson informed me he will be donating once again to Trout Day.

Micah is a past winner in the DNR's Trout Stamp contest.

He will be donating another print of is fine work!

Thanks Micah!

ALso, I just received my Northland Tackle's dojnation yesterday! WOW! No youth will go home empty handed.

THanks Chris Haley for hooking me up with the fine folks at Northland Tackle!!!!!!!

Jim