River Rats

A quick introduction to the rest of the cast of characters, and I do mean characters....
You probably remember most of these guys.

Brandon....

Matt...

Teddy.....

Nate...

and introducing the Silver Shadow...

First River Trip 2010

An ill fated night of ice fishing ultimately led to the first river fishin' of 2010...A bit cold, and no fish in hand, although we both did get picked off and missed a couple of fish by the end of the night...

Playing Catchup....

As much as I hate to admit it, I slacked terribly on both fronts this past year, fishing and keeping this blog up to date. I'll do my best to bring it all back together and get everyone all caught up. It will be a quick summary, mostly of all the fishing everyone else was doing, with a few personal accounts thrown in. So without further ado, here we go....

Mama Crayfish & Tons of Little Tiny Crayfish Babies, Too.....

The river never fails to amaze me, and now I get to add this to the list of all of the crazy things I have seen, sittin' down by the river....

How crazy is this? I cannot help but to be utterly amazed by the marvels of mother nature, all right under our noses, right here in the city...



It is times like these that I wish I had a super nice camera, but these pictures sure came out sweet. It kind of makes me laugh when I think about all of the photographers that come down to this particular spot, only to take a picture of the Mpls skyline at sunset, or at night, and are absolutely oblivious to all of this going on right under their feet....

Carp, Carp, Carp Part 2.....

As I had mentioned earlier, we had run into a fella named Dwayne who was down at the river carp fishin' with oatmeal one night, and it certainly seemed to me like it was super secret magic carp bait...The following night, we showed up to the spot, oatmeal in hand, eager to try our luck with it...The action was out of control, the fish were absolutely smashin' the oatmeal, and there were a few times that fishin' poles came perilously close to flyin' into the river...

If I remember correctly, this was number one on the night. Not to sound like I am braggin' or nothin', but we ended up with somethng like ten fish on the shore between the two of us, and it is kind of hard, keepin' 'em all straight...

This one here is number two I think, I somehow managed to snag this one up good in the tail...check it out..

Brandon took my lead and promptly hooked one up through the fin...

I was up on sheer numbers, but I think Brandon ended up with the biggest of the bunch for the night...

There were a ton of fish, and we only got pictures of a few. I am waiting ot get some more pictures from the night, but this is sure a good start. Later that night, after a couple of fantastic saves in order to keep our rigs from diving in the river, our luck finally ran out, or more precisely my luck finally ran out, and my sucker rig got yanked into the river, and fast as hell too...That is a story for another day, but a story that will be told....

One More Snapper....

Chalk another one up for Brandon....

Bigger and Better in '09....

If I remember correctly, Brandon hooked this one at a spot a little bit north of the city, but it dosen't really matter where, only how big, or how much fun you're havin'....


I think this one weighed in at a solid ten pounds....

Quick Tip Number 3 ...

When using aforementioned oatmeal, make sure you keep within an arms length of your rig, 'cause you just might find yourself chasin' it into the river...

Quick Tip Number 2...

Carp love oatmeal, it's that simple. I have Dwayne to thank for opening my eyes to the magic of oatmeal....

'09 starts here....

There are already so many stories to tell, and I am already at least a month behind, so I guess this is where 2009 starts for the River Rats, a little late, but sweet nonetheless.