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Ed on the 'ol TV

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Cooter Grand Master

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Maybe this is old news, but I just caught an episode of Gander Mtns show with none other than the Backwater man himself. Great show, got me all excited(til I saw it snowing outside my house)!! Were those the Berkley glowsticks? Sumo kittys indeed. Footage like that should not be allowed to air the beginning of March!

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Dennis and others,

To see the show you can go to gander mountain's HSOforum and look in the bottom right corner for "WE LIVE OUTDOORS" and it will be in there.

It really turned out great! Nice work, Ed.

MJ

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DTro Grand Master

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SCWIIING!

Wow, that settles it, I need to make a trip up there.

Great production on that video also.

What makes it special there?

Is it the regulations, the forage base, or a combination of both? I guess what I'm saying is that if regulations dictated a catch and release only on the Minnesota, how would that change the quality/size of the average fish. I'm guessing that there are other factors that play into that.

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I wouldnt wait too long Dennis.. the 1st cat hit shore in OPEN water today... nice little chunky 3 pounder. Had a few more bites to boot.

Its still early, but they are here. I'll be out the majority of the day tomorrow.

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What makes it special there?

Is it the regulations, the forage base, or a combination of both?

Just my thoughts~

1. The MNR has had regulations in place for many years stating that all cats or 24" must be released immediately.

2. Guys like Stu McKay and others promote the heck out of the fishery, but spend a good amount of that energy on CPR- Catch, Photo, Release.

3. The forage base is unbelievable. Virtually a buffet of small fish and minnows and lots of them.

Man, I'm breaking out into a sweat just thinking of our next trip up there. Help me. smirk.gif

By the way, the whole Red River is an amazing fishery and is getting better. A friend of mine from the DNR fisheries is compiling a study that should be out soon. They did a lots of fish sampling of all the Red on the states side. Can't wait to see it.

MJ

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Ed Carlson Grand Master

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Ya...well thanks guys, it was fun to do and even fun'r to beat up a "Newbie Cat'r" on the lower Red. Chris V was impressed with them Sumo's...Eh. smirk.gif

You may not believe me on this ...but I have yet to see it..the show that is. So far, I hear it went OK.

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Yup..it was fly..kinda. One I made up for Chris V...a kinda Frogy look'n thingy..,with a bit of secret Backwater Eddy's Frog scent added. wink.gif

Yup-Yup... a serious anchor is needed in such rivers and that is why I designed that "Sumo Anchor" to hold where no others have held before.

Not sure why Fishhead keeps loosing his? Huh?? confused.gif I'm Still on my first set myself, so is Big Shanon.

Ya...ya-know...New rope is cheap'r..."don'y ja know"...Eh. smirk.gif

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Ya better safe then...well..dead. Getting hung hard up tight to the gates is spooky and nobody wants to get sucked in backwerds trying to save a hunk-a-steel.

Just more termanal tackle for the Red is all, about #37 worth.

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Eddy I tried to download that video but with my dial up it is just tooooooo slow, I guess I will just have to wait until mid May. Is fishing really that good ehhhhhhhhhhh?

Drto: Why are there so may large channels, just a guess but I personally believe it is because of Lake Winnipeg. It is such a huge body of water. There is almost NO studies done on these kitties but we had one session of about a wk and half when we had to really push it to get 12 kitties in 8 hrs then it was like a switch turned on and they would not keep off the hook and they were really fat. They had been feeding some where and it wasn't in the river. The lake is just a short swim for them.

The large amt of bait fish doesn't hurt and the 24" size sure helps. Most guys do follow the C&R practice but there are a few who just don't get it and the DNR are as good as they can with being so short staffed to enforce the size limit. You have to experience it to truly believe it.

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I really liked that nice glass runabout they were fishing out of. grin.gif

I thought the show was great! Man, that current rips up there by the dam. Guess I'll find out what its all about in 4 years. frown.gif

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