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How was your season?

WxGuy

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For those who fish the inland stream trout season...

Someday when I've got the time and money, I'll probably make a point to head up to WI or the North Shore, but for now I stick to the trout season in SE MN. With that said, my trout season is finished.

I had a great season, from February until the closer. I was able to increase the number of times I hit the water, and managed to catch a handful of fish that came in just shy of 20"...unfortunately nothing over, but very fun fish nonetheless. Most of the fish I caught this season were on flies that I tied myself, which was very cool. I just started tying flies less than a year ago, so it was sweet to catch fish on my own stuff. The July heatwave was a bit of a bummer, but the fishing was still very good on many of the quality cold spring creeks in SE MN if you could stand the heat & humidity. I didn't get any days on the water where the hatch was fantastic, but there was some good dry fly fishing to be had. Tricos never really panned that well on the days when I could get out early, and that's one of my favorite hatches. I'm really looking forward to the next season already. Let's hope for a couple days above freezing in January!

How was your season???

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i had a great season! About a year ago, me and a buddy were talking about how great it would be if you could fish trout all year around. so i gave walleyes the cold shoulder and successfully caught trout all 12 months this year! Living in Duluth i was able to fish the fall and spring steelhead runs. small brookie streams and trout lakes in take up most of my time in the summer and i did a little ice fishing and took advantage of the WI winter C@R season. I also broke some personal records this year including a 33 in steelhead, a 38 in king and a 26 in brown. My favorite time of the season is here right now and I can't wait to see what next year has in store.

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I had a pretty good season. I didn't go as much as I would have liked because there isn't any trout fishing within 50 miles of where I live. I started in April by fishing the Two Harbors Breakwall. I must have been really lucky because it sounds like you have to pay your dues to catch fish there. I caught a coho there. The I made it out a few times in W. WI and around Lanesboro. I caught a lot of fish. I also caught my biggest trout this season a 16" rainbow, and the next cast I got a 15.5" rainbow, that made my season. I almost caught my first trout on a fly rod but it came off. So thats my goal for next season.

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Hey Mitch,

If you'd like to go out for a day next spring and catch some trout on your fly rod, let me know. I'd be happy to show you around and hopefully get you on a few nice, wild browns.

~WxGuy

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