St Croix River Minnesota April 18th

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St Croix River Minnesota April 18th

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First time fishing since the ice left. Went to one of the local rivers and managed to get 7 fish in just over 3 hours. First fish was a nice walleye of 14inches which had to be put back as walleye season doesnt open for another month. Got 4 perch after that and then another walleye of 11 inches and finished off with another perch. Was a good day cant beat fishing in shorts and tshirt :) lets hope tomorrow morning has more of the same :)
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Nice fishing! :)

Are walleye the same as Zander?
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Al wrote:Nice fishing! :)

Are walleye the same as Zander?

they seem to be of the same family

zander - Sander lucioperca
walleye - Sander vitreus


oh, and nice catch nige.. you missing the salt water yet??
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Re: St Croix River Minnesota April 18th

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stevecrow74 wrote:
Al wrote:Nice fishing! :)

Are walleye the same as Zander?

they seem to be of the same family

zander - Sander lucioperca
walleye - Sander vitreus


oh, and nice catch nige.. you missing the salt water yet??


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Went out again on the 19th for 2 hrs but only got one small fish - a Rock Bass
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nice to hear from you mate, just think you went all the way over there to catch a bass
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do you not get big fish out there???? :lol: :lol:
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MC wrote:nice to hear from you mate, just think you went all the way over there to catch a Bass

sure it took him ages to get one over here as it was..
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stevecrow74 wrote:
MC wrote:nice to hear from you mate, just think you went all the way over there to catch a Bass

sure it took him ages to get one over here as it was..



yup and then he got more than me :shock: , mine you mine was a bit bigger :lol:
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the season for the bigger fish doesnt open until may and june depending on what your after - walleye may 15th and bass season opens in june.
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stevecrow74 wrote:do you not get big fish out there???? :lol: :lol:


at least when I went fishing last weekend I caught fish unlike you :twisted: :twisted: :lol:
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nice fishing
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:oops: :oops: the fish that I caught that I thought were Walleye were actually Sauger.
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nige wrote::oops: :oops: the fish that I caught that I thought were Walleye were actually Sauger.



Same family of fish though..just like plaice and flounder :mrgreen: :lol:

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