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Sports Category => Outdoors & Recreational Hobbies => Topic started by: V-Maxxx on August 08, 2014, 04:04:16 PM
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Hey guys.. Does anyone knows any spot that u could legally stay over night and fish? Im going after cats and im living in mn.. Im not asking for any honey holes but just a place where its legal to night fish and catches cats.. Thanks!
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People fish around here by all the dams overnight all the time (WI). Is there restrictions in MN on overnight fishing?
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Yeah theres restriction here in mn.. Park closes at 10pm otherwise the cops or park ranger gonna come ask u to leave..
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Yeah theres restriction here in mn.. Park closes at 10pm otherwise the cops or park ranger gonna come ask u to leave..
I forgot that parks have a closing time. The night fishing here are usually by dams and not at a park.
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Crow river! Or try Myth Night club but you have to leave after 2 am... ;D
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I fish at dams and river banks that have no closing times. MN does not restrict those places, so you can fish at night. This past weekend, I was fishing at 2 a.m. in southern MN but didn't catch anything until 4:26 a.m. Cats were biting a lot at that time. Got my limit and then started fishing for sheeps head. Lost a fishing pole because I had set it on a frog as bait and was helping my partner with his catch 3 yards away: whatever was in the water pulled the pole right into the deep. I couldn't grab it in time.
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Thanks alot guys i would really appreciate if someone could point me towards the right directions.. Myth night club is a bit too old for me.. I try stillwater on the lift-bridge with very little luck same for crow river which i found a bend which looks promising but only caught redtail sucker and bullheads.. It just gets frustrating after a few nights out not catching anything..
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Stillwater power plant has some nice catfish. Though this year the size of fish seem to be on the smaller side. Go in the afternoon/evening and you'll do good there. One thing to note is sometimes in the evening hours there are cars that get broken into here and there. Seen some broken glass there and usually doesn't happen during the mornings/days so must be at night.
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Where I go is quite far. Not sure if people can endure 4 hours of driving from the Twin Cities.
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Faribault has sum too.
Honestly i think 4 hours drive for cats isnt worth it.. The most ill do is 2 hour drive for cats.. Walleyes and white bass or 12" plus crappies yeah i defenitely do a 4 hour drive no problem
All my fishing trip driving distances are 2-6 hours drive radius from the twin cities its just impossible to catch decent size fish around the metro area theres just way too many fishing pressure
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Where I go is quite far. Not sure if people can endure 4 hours of driving from the Twin Cities.
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Honestly i think 4 hours drive for cats isnt worth it.. The most ill do is 2 hour drive for cats.. Walleyes and white bass or 12" plus crappies yeah i defenitely do a 4 hour drive no problem
All my fishing trip driving distances are 2-6 hours drive radius from the twin cities its just impossible to catch decent size fish around the metro area theres just way too many fishing pressure
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Its only a 2 hours drive down south. We catch catfishes left and right.
Are u talking about the MN river?
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U must mean the small dam that pours into the cannon resevoir between 7th St and Western?
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Huh? The place that we go... Its 2 hours. When u get there, you walk a small trail to a creek and fish there. When hmong didn't really know about it we used to get channel catfish, sheepheads, and walleye. I have not been there for almost 8 years now.
story of every of my fishing spot~ used to be good until hamongs found out about it.
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Yeah i know i have s super nice spot up north and back in 1998-2004 we would catch bass,walleye, and huge bruiser northerns right in our feet just playing with the lure.. Its like every cast u'll catch something big.. Now u go back up mad trash everywhere i know white people dont drink Soymilk from asain store or coconut juice in a can from asian store? Fish just dont bite like back in the old days anymore up there..
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...i've gone to some secluded lake to ice fish and you see one hamong group there and while walking around you see some freshly drank asian redbull cans on the ice.. tsk tsk hamongs.
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Seems like nobody wants to show me any catfish spots.. Thats fine.. I only catch and release..
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Got this guy within the downtown St. Paul section of Sippi pool 2 - a baby 12lbs. We also got a 13lbs, 25lbs, and we snapped off a possible 40lbs+. You don't have to travel far. Flatheads don't succumb to fishing pressure like other fish and though there are barges and lots of people in metro St. Paul, flats don't give a shit and do not fear us.
Harriet Island. There are many booze cruiser boats and couples walking around. I highly doubt any cops kick people out of there until after 2am. I went there once early season in May and stayed until 12:30am - no cops. I reckon most of you would venture beyond 12am anyway.
494 bridge boat launch at Hardman Ave and Vonderosa. Technically, it's a boat launch and not a park and the regulars who go there at fishingminneso ta.com forums have never been kicked out. Expect people there but the whole damn shore is fishable so you'll never run out of space.
Grey Cloud Island in Cottage Grove. So many people during the day but night falls and there's two cars and you'll have the place by yourself. Fish the west bridge because there's a deep pool that is over 15'. You probably have zero chance of flats here though as it's too backwater from the main river channel.
Lion's Park - you'll be fishing a bay area so it's hit or miss but it's right there by the river channel so you shouldn't do too bad.
These places have visitors daily. Arrive late like after 9pm so people and boats are gone. Besides, flats will almost never move around during the day. Keep in mind that where people were catching flats in May and June, those areas are dried up by now because water level has been low since late July.
I would say wait 2-3 more weeks until it really gets cooler - that's when I'm going. This will force flatheads to move around and you'll get them in shallow water like back in May and June. Good luck!
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Got this guy within the downtown St. Paul section of Sippi pool 2 - a baby 12lbs. We also got a 13lbs, 25lbs, and we snapped off a possible 40lbs+. You don't have to travel far. Flatheads don't succumb to fishing pressure like other fish and though there are barges and lots of people in metro St. Paul, flats don't give a shit and do not fear us.
Harriet Island. There are many booze cruiser boats and couples walking around. I highly doubt any cops kick people out of there until after 2am. I went there once early season in May and stayed until 12:30am - no cops. I reckon most of you would venture beyond 12am anyway.
494 bridge boat launch at Hardman Ave and Vonderosa. Technically, it's a boat launch and not a park and the regulars who go there at fishingminneso ta.com forums have never been kicked out. Expect people there but the whole damn shore is fishable so you'll never run out of space.
Grey Cloud Island in Cottage Grove. So many people during the day but night falls and there's two cars and you'll have the place by yourself. Fish the west bridge because there's a deep pool that is over 15'. You probably have zero chance of flats here though as it's too backwater from the main river channel.
Lion's Park - you'll be fishing a bay area so it's hit or miss but it's right there by the river channel so you shouldn't do too bad.
These places have visitors daily. Arrive late like after 9pm so people and boats are gone. Besides, flats will almost never move around during the day. Keep in mind that where people were catching flats in May and June, those areas are dried up by now because water level has been low since late July.
I would say wait 2-3 more weeks until it really gets cooler - that's when I'm going. This will force flatheads to move around and you'll get them in shallow water like back in May and June. Good luck!
Thank You much brother!
That is just what i needed.. Ill go give it a shot.. I dont keep any cats just like to fish for em.. I just love the sound of the bait clicker go off Zzzzzz .. ZzzzzzzZ .. Just makes my blood pump.. LOL!!
But thanks again..
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I'm dreaming of night fishing for cats.
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Okay I'm going to go catfishing tonight. Open invite.
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Darn too tired to make the drive now... Need sleeping.
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Only fished in the morning. I managed to get a smaller catfish only about 20". I had several other bites, but was too Snaggy so I didn't hook them. I also snagged and broke my 50# braid line. The spot is ruined now with that braid line snagging up everytime. I guess I can't fish that spot anymore.
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Night fighing for cats is alot of fun. We used to do it all the time.
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I think I will go do some nite catfishing tonight. Its supposed to thunderstorm.
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I think I will go do some nite catfishing tonight. Its supposed to thunderstorm.
That's when the cats come out! But becareful. We onced fished during a thunderstorm. I'm scared of being electrocuted.
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That's when the cats come out! But becareful. We onced fished during a thunderstorm. I'm scared of being electrocuted.
That's why I pick the spot under the bridge. Its awesome shelter from rain.
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Open invite, I've got bait and I should use it.
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Becareful, lots of racist people out there.
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I don't look like a fob. ; . I look more whitewash.
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I don't look like a fob. ; . I look more whitewash.
Never said that you were a FOB. Just saying that some of those meeka people can be very racist. Been in a few situation before.
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Well I have more problems with Hmong people and fishing. I don't know why is that.
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Well I have more problems with Hmong people and fishing. I don't know why is that.
Maybe that's because you keep on overcasting to their line. LOL
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Maybe that's because you keep on overcasting to their line. LOL
Sure, like you can do better.
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Sure, like you can do better.
I'm a pretty good fishergirl. ;) You can say that I have over 20+ years of experience.
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I'm a pretty good fishergirl. ;) You can say that I have over 20+ years of experience.
So I got the equipment that makes me just as good. :2funny: :police:
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So I got the equipment that makes me just as good. :2funny: :police:
Having equipments does not make a person good. :2funny:
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Having equipments does not make a person good. :2funny:
Of course not. Have to know how to use it.
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I'm sure you're a very experienced person. ;)
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I'm sure you're a very experienced person. ;)
Well I had amnesia so it's all forgotten. I don't have memories of learning how to fish, I just do it.
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I just got done respooling fresh line so my reel spool is now full again.
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I don't know what was going on but twice my 20# line broke. That must've been quite a catfish to snap my line. In the end I got two smaller catfish. One channel cat at 16" and one flathead cat at 18".
Oh well catfish fry later tonight.
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Guess what, I'm night catfishing.
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For once, my bucket is full and I couldn't fit anymore catfish.... I had to put one back into the river....relea sed... Well actually it got away. To tired, so I'm calling it quits for now.
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Great catch! Where's the pictures. How big are they?
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Great catch! Where's the pictures. How big are they?
Oh pictures, everyone has got pictures of them catfish. I like to have no evidence that I was there with my catch. Gonna make a fish fry now.
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Night catfishing round two, tonight. O0
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Well I started a bit earlier this time. Got there at 8pm and within minutes my first bait was getting bitten. I caught two catfish in the first half hour. My third catfish came within the hour. I didn't want to leave and come back home so soon so I decided to goof around. Well it got slow for the following two hours. Midnight came and I caught my fourth, and my fifth got caught. For the first time, I got my bag limit for cats.
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Lots of fish cleaning right now.
I'm eating so much catfish meat...dang makes me want to go catch some panfish meat for a different fish meat.
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I'm thinking about this spot that I fished at the past two times and how the catfish were hitting my bait. Now usually I've got some pretty hefty hooks and catfish hits would nearly rip the rod out of your hands. These spot has always been a challenging spot for hook ups. The catfish do bite but often just a quick tug or little nibbles. Often times it feels like current pushing your rig downstream. Every time I have the rod in the rod holder, it would've been too late to put the hook set on. I would feel weightlessness instead of feeling the weight of a fish, let alone the weight of my sinker. Now twice on the first night I gave a good hook set on nothing. Normally you would feel the weight of the sinker drag or settles back down to the bottom, but I still felt nothing for too long of a time. I crank up all the slack to feeling of a current pull, then weight if a fish, and then a sweeping hook set to a fish fight.
This got me to thinking I need to change up tactics. That's where the second night, I primarily fished with the graphite rod instead of the fiberglass rod. Furthermore it was also primarily with rod in hand instead of in the rod holders. All the hooked catfish on this second night came from subtle bites. I started out with a typical medium wire hook, but the catfish were spitting it out before I could put the hook set on them. So I went with a light wire hook, thinking that I might loses to the hook wire bending. Yes my hook up changed afterwards. I was able to better detect bait pick up and had more time with the light wire hook. I was able to put the hook set and drive it home. That led to the bag limit on second night.
In addition to the spot being a community spot, I think the catfish are quite use to fishing pressure.
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I wonder if I should go catfishing again this weekend. I have no cutbait, will need to go catch that but have no time to.
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Okay went and caught my cut bait... Now just need to make my catfishing trip again.
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Done deal again. Slower bite, less biting. I also caught a soft shell turtle.
The mosquitoes were biting nonstop.
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You must love eating catfishes. lol
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You must love eating catfishes. lol
Easy to fillet. Easy to deep fry fish nuggets too.