Kinnie

[fishin_spooge]

Anyone been on the Kinnie since it opened last Saturday? I'll be heading out this Sat before work. Thanks.

Justin

[ameyers41]

I was out on monday. Also talked to a couple people who were out over the weekend. Lots of fish, but nothing of size. Still lots of fun. I was fishing nymphs. Couple guys were having luck on small dries.

[fishin_spooge]

Thanks for the report, I'll be out early Friday morning. Will be using nymphs and wearing a maroon gophers hat, stop and say hi if you're out.

Justin

[Quickstrike]

I'll be jumping back and forth between the kinnie and the rush early next week for a few days, how's the water looking?

[fishin_spooge]

I'll let you know QS, I'm hitting the Kinnie on Fri morn and the Rush on Sun morn early. I'd love to hook up but I'll be skiing in Lutsen early next week(Mon-Thurs).

Justin

[Quickstrike]

thanks a lot spooge, your help is appreciatted.

[ironman]

Are we referring to the Kinnickinic river, s. of Hudson? I use to fish that river many moons ago..lots O little ones. Anyone catch anything decent in there?

[Quickstrike]

There are lots of small fish in the Kinnie, but I have caught numerous browns over 20 in out of there. I seem to do better on large fish on the rush but I do better on the kinnie for numbers. Both rivers are a lot of fun to fish.

[big musk411]

I will be headed out to the rush this weekend. I will be camping at fishermans rest in El Paso. I'll be the guy in the fancy tent.

I talked to a buddie of mine who was out there last weekend he said the river was low and clear, with some pretty good hatches. Can anyone tell me what the conditions are like more recently?

I am planning an nymphing and tossing wolly buggers. I am a somewhat novice trout fisher and have difficulty matching hatches. Does anyone have any dry fly suggestions?

Thanks!

[Abrams]

On the surface or subsurface try a small midge or a small black ant, which I think trout think are midges. Last weekend, during a heavy snow, I still found recently hatched midges on the bank walking on the snow. Air temp was in the high 20's!

Nymphs: PT's, hairs ear, prince, scuds, and small stonefly.

[fishin_spooge]

Water pretty low, fish piled up in bends and deep pools. I know the stretch I fish pretty good and ended up hooking 16, all browns. Biggest around 14 in, had one on that was bigger though. Was nice to see the sage take a bending.

Justin

[Guest]

I know the WI catch and release openned, but is the Kinnie an exception? When can you take fish out of there? Same as the rest of the state?

[fishin_spooge]

Yep, same as the rest of the state. Early May, not sure of exact date.

Justin

[Magneto]

The Wisconsin early C&R closes May 1st. The regular inland trout season opens May 7th.

Mike

[fishin_spooge]

Shouldn't it be May 6th, the first Saturday in May?? I'm pretty sure.

[Guest]

Correct. It opens on the 6th at 5am...can't wait. Thanks folks.

[Magneto]

Ooops, I was looking at last years regulations, sorry. It should be: Early C&R ends April 30th, 2006. The regular inland trout season runs from May 6th, 2006 to September 30th, 2006.

[ironman]

Made it down to Kinnie today. It was wonderful to be casting again! Landed one brown and another got off, seemed to be a better fish, but then arn't they always? Did see a few fish rising..couldn't really see what they were eating. Started with a parachute ant...to no avail, then a orange scud, to no avail, then bead head pheasant tail nymph. One other angler was there who was kind enough to show me the proper way to roll cast, thank you! I'm fairly new to fly fishing and I'd been doing it wrong. I have a feeling the WI trout waters will be seeing more of me this year.

[Quickstrike]

Good to hear you made it out to enjoy such a nice day! As for myself, i've been sitting behind a vice today tying up an assortment of flies, organizing my down insulated vest, and putting new leaders on my rods. I've got such an open water itch going on that I don't see myself ice fishing again this year.

[ironman]

It was nice to work out the kinks in the casting arm. I may need to learn how to tie flies as well, neither the Gander or Fleet farm that I stopped at on the way had any midge flies. I think thats what they were surfacing on. Although I did have a small slender black bug land on my hat. It looked like a really small stone fly but I dont think it was...I should have taken a picture.

[Quickstrike]

well it's looking like i will be fishing chocolate milk this week. the weather report is calling for 12+ inches of snow and rain overnight and into tommorrow.

[Abrams]

There was a modest stonefly hatch on Saturday, the ones I came across were like this.

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Of course there was a nice midge hatch as well. My friend had some nice luck on a #14 adams out of one riffle. I pulled up one brown on a pink scud and one on a Royal Wulff. It was partly cloudy on Saturday and 55+, not a bad way to spend a Saturday with old friends.

[Magneto]

12+ inches? I bet this will be another one of those storms that gets all hyped and we end up with maybe 2" which may or may not muddy the water. I'd like to see 12 inches, as we really need it. The Kinni and the Rush are as low as I've seen them in quite some time.

[ameyers41]

I was out there sunday before the rain/sleet/snow. Couple little browns on hares ears. My friend saw a couple guys pull a few out on princes. Not much of a hatch though.

Was anyone else out there today?

[WxGuy]

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12+ inches? I bet this will be another one of those storms that gets all hyped and we end up with maybe 2" which may or may not muddy the water. I'd like to see 12 inches, as we really need it. The Kinni and the Rush are as low as I've seen them in quite some time.

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Mr. Magneto, How'd the snow pan out for you? Hype or snow?