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Eric Wettschreck
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Eric Wettschreck Grand Master

Eric Wettschreck

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After reading some other posts, it seems like a rough fish get together could be a possibility. I'm just tossing this out to see if yous guys would be interested. If so, I can start putting something together.

If I put this together, my idea is to hold this on Lime Lake in SW Minnesota. If you've never heard of this lake (why would anyone know of this lake???), take a peek at a map. Halfway between Worthington and Marshall on HWY 59, north of Fulda, south of Slayton. Why this lake? In a nutshell, because I know this lake very well. This lake is jam packed with both carp and buffalo. There is a very nice county park that provides both tent and RV camping, a picnic shelter, biffys, and a nice boat ramp that we can use. This park is located right at the dam for Lime creek. There are numerous places for shore fishing both along the lake, the creek, and the small dam spillway. The spillway is one of the places I enjoy bowfishing for carp and buffalo. I'm thinking early June as that's when they are packed thick in the 3 creeks entering and leaving the lake, and up along the shorelines making a mess.

As a bonus, the lake and Lime creek has a healthy population of Northern Pike, Crappie, and perch. If you lose interest in the rough fish you can go tackle the other species.

I'm open for suggestions. Is there any interest out there???

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I usually have some local/mini gatherings in the Rochester forum. Many of us chase suckers around for a few months in the spring. 2 Years ago I held a Carp Catathalon and last year I had a few sucker run events.I honestly can't say I'd be willing to travel much over an hour for sucker/carp fishing. Maybe, but prob would be a little far for me.

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boiler- distance is to much for me... especially with gas prices what they are. Are there any suggestions for more of a Metro location? I'm just getting into carping so I'm not too up on the good spots yet.

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Lime lake is a good choice if it werent so far. I was down there visiting family last summer and the spillway was seriously overflowing with carp....saw some huge crappies come out of that creek too.

Was wishing I would have brought my bow.

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It's been a while since I fished the area, but I grew up in Linwood. When we wanted to go for carp we hit Martin Lake. Now, whether or not that's how it is now, I don't know.

The creek between Island and Martin was also awesome for shooting carp. The dam outlet of Martin (Sunrise river) was another good spot. The creek outlet from Linwood lake was another awesome spot for carp shooting.

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I was going to reply,even tho its bout 100 miles from home and sounds fun,just too much cost with the camper,boat and for a day &1/2. Cost outweigths the drive for a short time.

How bout Willmar area? more centrally located.

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