Root River Report

[DARK30]

I managed to get down to the Preston area this weekend. The water level in the South branch was perfect although the trout were proving hard to fool for me....Only ended up with a few shakers. The Main Branch from Chatfield to Lanesboro was a little higher than I like it but the water was clean.

Anybody getting consistent fish around these areas? I was throwing grubs and shads raps. I bumped into another guy having some luck with PM spinners but he said things were overall slower than he expected too.

[mark p]

I was on the main branch of the root on Sunday evening and had the same experience. In an area that I would normally expect to catch 6-12 I caught one and saw one more follow. Just seemed pretty dead to me.

[jigstick44]

I was on the Root from Friday until Sunday and we did quite well, but it did take us awhile to find some good producing spots.

[-Marc V-]

Was all over between Lanesboro, Preston, and Forrestville the last few days. I found fishing slow also. Spin fished for some bruisers, and missed 3, or 3 missed my rapala or gulp grub. Fly fished, and picked up more fish, but in the 8"-12" range.

[DARK30]

I was down for Trout Days this weekend at Forestville SP. I got one dandy 17" Saturday afternoon but ended up spending more time morel hunting than fishing

Sunday I fished the south branch and got pretty good numbers of fish but mostly shakers with a lot of flashers that didn't commit. Biggest was 14"

[Andrew Erickson]

nice fish there DARK30

[Renneberg]

Here's a better shot of Dark and his fish.

[Jim W]

"Thank you God for bestowing upon me your beautiful bounty"!

[Renneberg]

LOL! Jim, LOL!

[DARK30]

LOL! Actually... I was giving thanks to Lord Jim ....God of the Main Branch