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Columbia is starting to put out some nice eyes. My son Josh
landed a 7lb+ on the 8/16 missed a few more and let some small ones go. Pict in the photo page.
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NICE! Trolling or what?
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trolling down stream with a bottom bouncer laser smile blade char pill float and a nightcrawler in 13' of water.
Chad it's been a long time since I was in minnesota(81) Boundry waters and hit Mille Lacs on the way home to ILL.
WFFF
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I grew up in MN--worked on the Gunflint-did some guiding. Great Place
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Not a better place for the fisherman. Love it...
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Try Alaska! Its not too bad up here 
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BUGS!
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Ya sure you bethcha--Minnesota does not have Mosquito's--its the state bird
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They pick you up and put you in a tree for later.
WFFF
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Actually, Ive been here 2 years and have NOT had more than 2 Mosquito bites. Seems like they are no longer a problem here?
Anyways....
Finally landed a nice Eye, this one's going on the wall. Where was He during the Bluewater touney?! Exactly 29" , not sure on the #'s, my scale is dead. Not recommending those Rapala Digitals, 2nd one that has went out on me.
I caught this fella around 7 tonight, after about 6 straight cast of catching 12" ers.
Good Day, won my football pool and got the biggest Walleye of my life. Any recommendations on a Taxidermist. I was going to check out Mirror Image tomorrow.
Chad.
[img]http://forums.collectors.com/include/uploadbox/viewfile.cfm?files=29eye711crop%2Ejpg[/img]
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 Congrats on the wallhanger--Im still waiting for the NHL to pull the Koho's out of their arse's to get excited about any pro sports--till then there are too many fish to catch.
Fish On!
use Muskoil for the skeeters
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12 and inch to get it mounted... Doah...
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We have bugs but you just gotta put on the bug dope. It keeps them away.
Plus, not all places up here have bad mosquitoes. Further north you go, the more mosquitoes there is.
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Like Gary Roach told me years ago when he did a seminar here. "The next world record Walleye will come from the Columbia River". There are so many 10+ lb. Walleyes in that river it's scary.
By the way, I was born in southern Minn. (Spring Valley)and started my Bass and Walleye fishing there. Some of the best Smallmouth fishing in the world is in the GL's.
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Hey TH, is Spring Valley very close to Albert Lea? My wife's family is from that area......"corn farmers".
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Yes, it sure is. My mother's family is from LeRoy (sp?) Miles of corn.
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Chequamegon Smallies
www.iceleaders.com/video.html
Nice smallmouth video!
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T.H. I still remember blasting through the corn fields on what they called "roads" in an old Plymoth Belvedere with my wife's 84 year old g'ma at the wheel....on our way to Conger (I think) to get some summer sausage......what a ride!
We will be heading back to Minn. next year for a family reunion...any suggestions on where I should fish for walleye north of Minneapolis???
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Dave,
I haven't fished in Minn. since I was a little kid. I would suggest contacting Chad or some of the other great lakes area guys. I would like to catch some White Bass or Northerns, neat fish.
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Go here, and read up!
http://www.fishingminnesota.com/forum/ubbthreads.php
Pick a spot to fish, just depends on how far north ya wanna go. The further the better IMO!
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It is still February and the Columbia at Umatilla is still below 40 degrees, but the Walleye are moving toward the spawning beds. I have landed 8 in the last 3 trips. All over 22" up to the largest of 36". I have counted up to 40 boats in a day. Most are fishing silver blade baits or using jigs. I have caught my fish on home-made worm harnesses fished behind a 2 to 3 oz bottom walker. Now is the time to get out your river fish-n-map and find a spawning bed near you. It is only going to get better for the next couple of months.
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Quote:
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Not a better place for the fisherman. Love it...
Yeah except Florida.....
The weather is decent year around, and plenty of fisheys
http://www.floridasportsman.com/
No Offense Chadster 
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You are saying you caught a 36" Walleye? Umm, thats about 18 pounds. I hope you mean 26", cause if you mean 36" Im starting my truck and un-winterizing my boat in like 5 minutes.
Wayne, you can have Florida are you NUTS!!!
Hey go here and see what your missing in Minny, they put me in the damn video making a fool of myself, I hate the camera. Im kinda in the middle of it on my Yellow Honda ATV..
http://www.fishingminnesota.com/forum/sh...;o=&fpart=1
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30" to 36" walleyes are not that rare here. In one day we boated 4 8's 2 10's and a 14 lbs and a bunch of 16"ers on the columbia.that was 10 years ago but it can still be done.
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It still happens today on the Columbia and also Potholes is another good shot at 10+ lb. Walleye. We get several early in the year, back in the dunes, while we are fishing Bass.
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Wayne,
Hook your boat to the truck and head for the river....It was 36", and still out there. I took a couple that had never fished walleye last weekend. He cuaght and kept his first walleye of 30", measured by the biologist at the landing. His wife took home her first at 22". It is slow fishing, but the fish are large
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What part of the Columbia? take me thats sweet. LIL
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DROOL...
Any pics of that 36" Eye!
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The water hasn't warmed any, however a few good walleye are being caught at the river marker #62 just outside the Irrigon boat launch, In the drift directly across the river from Irrigon, Above the primative boat launch on the Oregon side down river 1/2 mile from Irrigon, In the hole on the Washington side across from the elevator down stream from Irrigon. On both sides of the ridge above Big Blalock Island. I have started to pick up a few fish below the John Day Dam below Preacher's Eddy. Most are being caught on Whistler Jigs with Chartreuse plastic tail and a night crawler, or silver blade baits.
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Thanks for the info.
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