SE MN River Updates...

[The_Lee]

Quick rundown... currently deployed overseas until July and I am really looking forward to getting back out onto the trout sreams. I am curious if anyone can give me some updates on a few streams I feel in love with last year, but I am worried they may have been severly damamged by the flooding.

I am curious about....

Trout Run Creek

Watson Creek

North Branch of the Whitewater River.

Any information about the condition of these streams would be very helpful.

[onthejob2]

Never fished Watson Creek, but the other two did survive the floods. Theres some new holes/runs, but all and all they faired well.

Good luck over there and THANKS!

[goblueM]

Yeah I haven't been down there since the floods, unfortunately. Am I going to find a buncha new holes on opener, and all my spots are gone? I don't care about the spots, just as long as there are still fish in the river...

[hanson1287]

Hey Nate.....as far as TRC goes if you are referring to the one that runs thru Troy it survived the flood very well. If you mean the branch off whitewater I'm not too sure. I fished Troy just yestterday with decent sucess but hit them very well after the flood last year with my gf landing a 24" brownie. This stream is in good condition right now. By the way, did you happen to send money for the trout league??

[The_Lee]

I have not fished the section of TRC that runs through Tray, the section I have fished is just past Chatfield. Anyone know about that section?

[Ice-9]

I fished both Trout Run and the Whitewater last week. Trout Run is fine and fishing well--I had good dry action in the pools.

I hadn't fished the Whitewater before, so I don't know what its status was, but the stretches I looked at had good numbers of active, healthy browns despite obvious flood damage.

ice

[hanson1287]

nate the TRC you are talking about is the same stream....it runs thru Troy, Saratoga Chatfield Bucksnort and a cpl small towns....its all good fishing on there no matter what stretch or it you hit. Troy is actually just out of Chatfield on Hwy 74 about 6 or so miles.

[The_Lee]

Ok, thanks for the update. If anyone hits Watson Creek, let me know. It is a smaller stream and a bit harder to fish, but I absolutly love that stream.

[The_Lee]

Anyone got any updates for me on Watson Creek?