Ok, so A new fishing season has arrived, I am going to try to post one a week or more depending on how much I can get out....
Minnesota Opener way yesterday the 10th of May. I took a half-day afternoon/evening trip with Red River guide Brad Durick. Good friend Nick from Fargo came up to tag along as we too our shot at battling the weather and river to find the channel cats that the Red river is know for. As many of you know Opener started with a few inches of snow on the ground for us, and looked pretty gloomy until about noon. By the time 2 o'clock rolled around the snow had melted and it was time to hop in the boat and head to the ramp. Buy 2:30 we were in the river and found a nice cut on the edge of the fast water, we dropped a front an rear anchor to hold position. Now when I say that it was 10 seconds from the time the first rod was set in the holder, I'm not kidding. We didn’t even have the second rod set yet and our third rod didn’t have bait and we had a fish on. It was a nice 8-pound channel, a good start to the day as fast as the kitten slammed the cut bait. our action never stopped over the next four hours, we would have a lul, but never longer then 15 minutes. Our total for 4 hours of fishing was 32 channel cats, that’s one fish every 7.5 minutes. I had a knack for snagging nick chunks of wood, or losing my fish in the snags, nick had the hot hand landing 4 of the first 9 fish and two of the three biggest fish of the day. Nick set a new Personal best (PB) with an 18-pound kitty. The five biggest cats of the day were 18, 17, 16, and a pair of 15-pound fish. It there was any worries about effects of a kill off from last fall, let me be the first to say, don’t worry about them. All of the fish we caught were fat a healthy; they fought to beat the dickens.
I have to thank Captain Brad Durick for taking Nick and myself on this trip, it has made for one of the best openers I have ever had. Brad can be contacted on his website www.Braddruick.com If anybody is in need of a great day on the river, or just wants to get out with a buddy or kids, Captain Brad is your man.
Good day
Esox
Minnesota Opener way yesterday the 10th of May. I took a half-day afternoon/evening trip with Red River guide Brad Durick. Good friend Nick from Fargo came up to tag along as we too our shot at battling the weather and river to find the channel cats that the Red river is know for. As many of you know Opener started with a few inches of snow on the ground for us, and looked pretty gloomy until about noon. By the time 2 o'clock rolled around the snow had melted and it was time to hop in the boat and head to the ramp. Buy 2:30 we were in the river and found a nice cut on the edge of the fast water, we dropped a front an rear anchor to hold position. Now when I say that it was 10 seconds from the time the first rod was set in the holder, I'm not kidding. We didn’t even have the second rod set yet and our third rod didn’t have bait and we had a fish on. It was a nice 8-pound channel, a good start to the day as fast as the kitten slammed the cut bait. our action never stopped over the next four hours, we would have a lul, but never longer then 15 minutes. Our total for 4 hours of fishing was 32 channel cats, that’s one fish every 7.5 minutes. I had a knack for snagging nick chunks of wood, or losing my fish in the snags, nick had the hot hand landing 4 of the first 9 fish and two of the three biggest fish of the day. Nick set a new Personal best (PB) with an 18-pound kitty. The five biggest cats of the day were 18, 17, 16, and a pair of 15-pound fish. It there was any worries about effects of a kill off from last fall, let me be the first to say, don’t worry about them. All of the fish we caught were fat a healthy; they fought to beat the dickens.
I have to thank Captain Brad Durick for taking Nick and myself on this trip, it has made for one of the best openers I have ever had. Brad can be contacted on his website www.Braddruick.com If anybody is in need of a great day on the river, or just wants to get out with a buddy or kids, Captain Brad is your man.
Good day
Esox
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