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Jan 1

hanson1287

By hanson1287
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Thats all C&R right? Never tried it but it sounds like a blast! I hunt down in Elba in the whitewater, would this be a good place to start?

Yes and Yes. That'd be a fine place to start. Much of the WW is open for the winter season, you just have to make sure you check the regs.

http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/fishing/trout_streams/south_mn_maps.html

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I just about got rained out today out on the lake. I shouldn't need a raincoat and windshield wipers for my snowmobile, just so I can go fishing on Dec. 30th.

I should be switching gears and hitting the rivers with you guys next week. They way this winter's been going, I might as well give up on ice fishing and think warm thoughts wink.gif

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Ahhh...I'm a bit worn out from walking the stream earlier today. Fishing was good, catching was okay, there were midges hatching around noon and the new-fallen snow made for great "winter" scenery despite the comfortable temperatures.

Trout Season 2007, welcome!

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Camera wasn't working for some reason, which was ok since I only had beautiful scenery and no beautiful fish. Batteries dead or the thing was messed up. However, I did get out for a few hours today. Checked out a few branches of the WW with no luck. It was really DIRTY. Granted, I'm only a novice at trout fishing, started Summer 2005, and still limited to ultra light spinner gear, but I had no luck at WW. Tried South Branch, Middle Branch and a little bit of North Branch. Ventured East to a lil' Brook (winter open) stream and missed 0/1... saw a few other tiny brookies... but not much happening. Headed back to my new home in Red Wing to hit the Hay, and man was it swamped. People at every access point. I was a bit disappointed, since I wanted to hit the spots I've had the most luck at... but figured I'd give the benefit of the doubt to the ol' first come first serve and settled for a sixth or seventh choice on the stream... NADDA NADDA.. the weather was beautiful, the temp was good, I couldn't find a fish though.. oh well... first time ever on the winter trout season... I hope the fly fishers did better than me, since I was a spinner guy. I plan on getting hooked up with the fly set up this spring, so please tell me y'all did better than me. Auf Wiedersehen!

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. . . so please tell me y'all did better than me. Auf Wiedersehen!

Did about the same as you actually with the fly. I was fine by it given the conditions of the stream. Great to be walking along streams again though! Especially looking at some of the first snow of the year.

We worked the same stream, and I had problems finding un-manned waters also. Finally did, but usually unfished waters are unfished for a reason. I'd personally rather have the solitude. I can't blame the section of stream I was fishing, I think it would have been fine if the water clarity was greater than 1.5".

I would think a spin rod would be a better option in the murky waters. At least they would have the spinner blade fribulating through the water to home in on.

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