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name: Vince Gladue
city: Grand Forks
Area: Grand Forks
Date: Monday December 13, 2004
Time: 01:33:40 PM

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Does anyone Know if the coolie Divirson Project has Ice able to fish safely on. I know in the summer there is awsome bass, and northern action but never fished in the winter. Does anyone have any insides for me. If you do Let Me Know. Thanx.

Be safe and Good luck Fisherman.

name: Backwater Eddy
city: Fargo
Area: Canada
Date: Friday December 10, 2004
Time: 09:19:46 AM

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Yes there is ice and they are fishing it. From the Selkirk Park North to Sugar Island some nice walleye and sauger have been caught this past week.

Not all of the ice is good, caution is needed yet. Some areas have 4-6" and others less.

name: gene
city: fargo
Area: Canada
Date: Thursday December 09, 2004
Time: 11:03:19 AM

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can anyone tell me if there is ice on the red north of the lockport dam also has anyone been angling for eye's thanks

name: Ed "Backwater Eddy"
city: Horace
Area: Other area
Date: Thursday November 25, 2004
Time: 03:36:51 PM

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A quick note for safeties sake. The local and regional rivers and urban ponds are crusting over with ice. With everyone home for the holiday kids like to roam the outdoors searching for “Something to Do”.

Please take a moment and chat with them on the dangers of this early ice. All too frequently we hear of tragedies due to this early testing of the ice. So lets all take the time to speak to these young voyagers on ice safety concerns.

Have a safe and happy holiday.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Ed "Backwater Eddy" Carlson

"ED on the RED"

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name: Ed " Backwater Eddy"
city: Fargo
Area: Fargo
Date: Monday November 08, 2004
Time: 03:53:09 PM

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River on the fall but still high. Seeing some good sauger action on the creek mouths in the evening, a few nice walleye too.

Kinda slow, jigs and big fathead minnows worked tight to shore doing the best for me. I found a area of flooded willows that has been producing sauger and walleye most every evening. I think they hunt in and near them willows most of the night? Creek mouths have been the best and just up into them. Caught a bunch of fish in the willows or just in front of them.

Cold and muddy fishing yet there are fish to be caught if you work at it. Brrrrrr!

Wear bright colors for safety while fishing as the deer hunters may not see you well if you do not.

name: Bob
city: Winnipeg
Area: Canada
Date: Monday November 01, 2004
Time: 06:39:28 PM

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Hi.

Anyone been out for Greenbacks in the Selkirk Lockport area over the weekend? Thinking of heading out tomorrow?

name: Ed " Backwater Eddy"
city: Fargo
Area: Fargo
Date: Friday October 29, 2004
Time: 08:22:27 AM

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Just a heads up folks, the Red River is rising quickly and darkening up just as fast. Expect a good shot of water and color soon. More heavy rains to the South last night so odds are very good it will jump up even more in the next 3-4 days.

I won't even try to fish the main Red here for walleye for a while. I did try the feeder creeks today and found nice sauger and a few walleye and pike. Common deal in the fall here is to see the fish head into the tributaries seeking slower water if the Red backs up. This pattern can be good fishing at times.

We seen some cats caught today on the Red in a larger backwater on a dam. With this heavy flow we may see a last ho-raw for cats before they again back off?

Pine Falls reports still sound strong so if your headed North I feel under the present conditions the Winnipeg River is the best bet going.

Anyhow, more rain...lots of turbid water headed your way.

name: Andy
city: Winnipeg
Area: Canada
Date: Thursday October 28, 2004
Time: 09:33:53 PM

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Spent today on the Red River between sugar island at Selkirk and the golden mile across from Doc Reids, trolling with shad raps and wally divers in 8-14' depths. The weather wasn't all that bad, just cloudy, rain, cold and miserable!

There were 6 boats that we counted on the water between 10 am and 5 pm fishing this area. Only 1 boat with three anglers had a measure of success with three wally, count them , just three wally, and they were parked off the point across from the boat launch at Selkirk Park. From 1 pm to 5 pm no less.

My mistake, trolling with crank-baits, shame on me! The idea was to hammer a few larger greenbacks with these deadly cranks? Sometimes I wonder if these fancy assed crank baits in marvelous colors were meant to catch fishermen?

Anyway, a slow day on the water is better than a good day at work!

Andy

name: Ed " Backwater Eddy"
city: Fargo
Area: Canada
Date: Monday October 25, 2004
Time: 01:23:43 PM

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We hit it hard on the Canadian Red this past weekend...in the rain..and more rain...and wind...and more cold rain.

The report for us for the weekend was lots of little fish both walleye and sauger, a mix of 22" to 26" walleye and the one true hog up to the boat but not in the boat. My guess..a very fat 33"..maybe a bit bigger...it was very sumo? That Greenback will give Big Shanon some nightmares and fits for a long time I think?

They all hit very light so you never know what it may be tell you set the hook and feel the weight. A tiny sauger hit just as lightly/hard as a hog...ya just never know?

The thin Power Pro line was a huge help in bite detection! Shanon had mono on and I talked him into spooling with the 4/15 and he began to feel the super light hits and hook-up on more fish.

Me..I never set the hook into anything "big" this trip. I'll be back, she is waiting for me.

We did our best slow slipping 1/2-3/4 oz Char or Pink jigs tipped with Salties and a stinger hook. We jigged/dragged the bottom with the aid of the bow mount electric and zig-zagging downstream over the shallow flats on the miracle mile. Six feet and often five feet was the best holding areas. If we found a hump that produced a few fish per pass we anchored on it and vertical jigged tell we got bored..then we slipped and jigged again.

A little flurry at dawn, then search the mid day away looking for strays. The last two hours before dusk seen our better fish and the one hog Shanon had on. With that massive cold front sliding through and the never ending cold rain I think we did what we could? We fished from dawn to dusk every day so we gave it a hard go.

The Winnipeg River and in particular Traverse Bay is really taking off! Spoke with some Canadian anglers who said the Pine Falls bite was truly incredible. Many big walleye being caught on humps in the bay. They caught 40 over #8 last Thursday in one boat alone...that is enough to get a guys attention...it did mine.

With the steady rain this weekend and the word was it would only rain more..plus more winds from the West we chickened out on pulling up off the Red and heading to fish Traverse Bay on Sunday. Might regret that decision for a while? We had all the wet we could handle and the thought of 5-6' rollers and even more wet didn't sound all that much fun even if the bite was hot.

We seen a few #9 plus fish caught on the Red but it was just not our turn this trip. Had fun even with the challenging weather and touchy bite...I'll be back.

Go figure...lots of sun today back home here in Fargo...must be a Monday Huh?

name: JDM
city: WPG
Area: Comment
Date: Monday October 25, 2004
Time: 01:22:16 AM

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Any luck around WPG? Pics?

name: annette
city: wpg,mb
Area: Canada
Date: Friday October 22, 2004
Time: 05:06:27 PM

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hello everybody goodluck with fishing and go look for ice fishing derby's they are awesome!!!

name: ken
city: wpg,mb
Area: Canada
Date: Friday October 22, 2004
Time: 04:59:14 PM

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just to add about walleye{pickeral& sauger.{either or combined}-only one may exceed 55 cm{22in}regular licence limit is 6 conservation licenceis 4 the limits of this species apply to most manitoba waters,special limits on specific waters are listed in the individual fishing divisions{pages 8-10 & 13-15.....fish remains {saugers}

name: ken
city: wpg,mb
Area: Canada
Date: Friday October 22, 2004
Time: 04:59:12 PM

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just to add about walleye{pickeral& sauger.{either or combined}-only one may exceed 55 cm{22in}regular licence limit is 6 conservation licenceis 4 the limits of this species apply to most manitoba waters,special limits on specific waters are listed in the individual fishing divisions{pages 8-10 & 13-15.....fish remains {saugers}

name: ken
city: wpg,mb
Area: Canada
Date: Friday October 22, 2004
Time: 04:08:32 PM

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some one asked if its legal to use saugers for bait,MANITOBA 2004 ANGLERs guid bottom of page 3 all OFFAL{ fish cleaning remains} may be used as bait in all division,Frozen or perserved bait fish may be imported and used in all division. clean your saugers leave 6 square centimetres 1 square inch of skin on each fillet,they say fish should not be frozen in 1 solid block of fillets or in a processed state such as canned, check page 4 4th bold heading down under fishways,they say fish may not be handled ,transported or disposed of in a way that will allow it to spoil, fish remains

name: ken
city: wpg,mb
Area: Canada
Date: Friday October 22, 2004
Time: 04:08:27 PM

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some one asked if its legal to use saugers for bait,MANITOBA 2004 ANGLERs guid bottom of page 3 all OFFAL{ fish cleaning remains} may be used as bait in all division,Frozen or perserved bait fish may be imported and used in all division. clean your saugers leave 6 square centimetres 1 square inch of skin on each fillet,they say fish should not be frozen in 1 solid block of fillets or in a processed state such as canned, check page 4 4th bold heading down under fishways,they say fish may not be handled ,transported or disposed of in a way that will allow it to spoil, fish remains

name: ken
city: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Area: Comment
Date: Friday October 22, 2004
Time: 03:12:54 PM

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its allowed to use all fisk remains as bait gyts take zip lock bags a cooler ice packs clean your fish and use all parts of the fish remains

name: JDM
city: Winnipeg
Area: Canada
Date: Friday October 22, 2004
Time: 04:20:17 AM

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Is it legal to use sauger as bait?

name: george
city: Winnipeg
Area: Canada
Date: Thursday October 21, 2004
Time: 01:43:52 AM

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We went fishing last two weekends ago at lockport and the wind was strong and cold...easily below the freezing point...not much action but a few tiny bullhead...they were so small u probably could just put the hook right through them and reuse them as bait....we went to breezy point and caught two jackheads with bacon two fish almost equalling 25lbs....sometimes we use saugers to catch giant cat...we try to catch some saugers first then use them as bait....as kenny says keep changing ur bait and see what the flavour of the day is

name: ken
city: wpg,mb
Area: Other area
Date: Wednesday October 20, 2004
Time: 06:20:57 PM

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we fished breezy point oct 16 & caught to jackfish the first one was 10lbs the second was 12lbs they were bolth caught on bacon one got away they hooked them selvs we had minnows and worms on at first then switched to just bacon we stayed till 7pm ,we didnt start till around 1-1:30 the water was up hi over the banks and very windy the wind was strong enough ta take the current back some should still be a good place to try

name: dwayne
city: winnipeg
Area: Canada
Date: Tuesday October 19, 2004
Time: 09:12:10 PM

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I was wondering if the greenbacks have made up to the powerplant in selkirk yet?

name: Vince Gladue
city: Grand Forks
Area: Grand Forks
Date: Tuesday October 19, 2004
Time: 01:27:52 PM

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I just went out yesterday it was very cold and windy. Not a thing was bitting. I was by in Riverside park using usuallys good secrect bait. And nothing I'm thinking it was because of the weather. And the big cats are very suspisios there trying to find warm shallow water. So I think that they are moving out.

QUESTION- Do catfish bit while Ice Fishing on the Red River?

name: Vince J Gladue
city: Grand Forks
Area: Grand Forks
Date: Monday October 18, 2004
Time: 01:55:22 PM

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The fishing on the Red River is extremely at its best for Big Cats and great walleye. I caught a monster 19lb cat under the Kennedy bridge. And great walleyes by the point bridge limited out in 2 hours two over 3lbs and the others over 17inches its been really hot. For a week now.

name: ken
city: wpg,mb
Area: Canada
Date: Saturday October 16, 2004
Time: 03:53:13 AM

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me and my friends been fishing the red for 15 years some days you leave with nothing landed othere days 20 fish easy we fish from wpg to breezy point we landed 23 drum one day we take as much bait as we can and keep switching till we find the flavour of the day .

name: julian
city: wpg,mb
Area: Canada
Date: Saturday October 16, 2004
Time: 03:29:00 AM

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me & my girl jewel-leigh my son kenny jr,jr & julian my dad ken,sr fished the assinabione by maryland bridge we all caught a cat fish the boys that is my son julian caught his first catfish ever and almost lost his rod they were aggrisive that day and hooked them selvs we just had to reel them in,try using rotten bait ,fish guts ,somtimes do the trick me & my friend landed 9 catfish the same spot a week befor its good to fish beside creeks all fish will go up creeks looking for there next meal

name: kenny
city: wpg,mb
Area: Other area
Date: Saturday October 16, 2004
Time: 03:05:46 AM

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me & a good friend of mine george fished the corner of the red just past lock port where the red meets the floodway we started fishing at 7 pm between 11 & 2 am we had four cat fish the biggest was 18 pounds we used old suckers that we caught a week befor the thing about fishing anywhere is if the fish are active they will find the bait if they aint its best to have a smoke and say they should be biting anytime soon the best thing is if your there your in catfish country ,if the luck is ther its there i fished beside pepole that didnt catch anything if your having bad luck on the red keep trying till you hit a hole thats where your best luck is gonna be use anything with a strong smell and try find some back current this time of year with all the leaves in the water its not hard to find good luck ken wpg,mb

name: jewel-leigh
city: wpg,mb
Area: Other area
Date: Saturday October 16, 2004
Time: 02:23:12 AM

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we fihed the red my 3&1/2 year old daughter caught a good size bull head on bacon and minnows she is always gaurented a fish know mater where we go,know matter what the species she the best proud dad

name: kennyjr,jr
city: wpg,mb
Area: Other area
Date: Saturday October 16, 2004
Time: 12:56:27 AM

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we fished the red between the bridge to know where & breezy point last weekend & my son caught a nicesize jackfish on a pickerel rig we left after 4 hrs of fishing some times they bite some times they dont you never know how the fishing is gonna be until your there & after you leave we caught lots of fish we found cats are good at night jacks in the morning & evening weve found out bacon is good for all fish the better the smell the greater the chance of catching the fish of the day

just try & see kenny jr

name: Andy
city: Winnipeg
Area: Canada
Date: Thursday October 14, 2004
Time: 09:33:04 AM

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Just wanted to add a few comments to those who enjoy fishing the Red from Lockport to Selkirk and beyond to the main lake. I have had the good fortune to fish this area for going on 30 years, and, it's not uncommon to have mixed results. As far as " greenback" migrations are concerned, we may never in our lifetimes see again the numbers we enjoyed in 2000/2001.

With higher water levels, traditional areas that produced success before, do change, especially along the east side of the river. There are still some good sized walleye to be caught ( 30/34") but nowhere near the numbers as 4-5 years back.

Also important to note is that the number of people on the water and shorelines fishing are far less than in previous years, as I can remember counting up to 200 boats between Sugar Island and Netley Lake in years gone by. Now that count may be somewhere around 30-40 boats on any given day.

Don't despair, any day on the water is better than a good day at work!

Regards, Andy

name: SDWalleyes
city: Sioux Falls
Area: Canada
Date: Wednesday October 13, 2004
Time: 07:00:11 PM

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Fished the Red at Selkirk/Lockport last weekend. Caught quite a few fish. Largest was 29", but at least 10 fish over 22". Jigging in 6-10 feet of water worked best. I talked to lots of guys up there and there were mixed results. Most caught a few fish every day, with at least one at 26" plus. We got lucky in numbers, but talked to lots of guys that struggled.

name: ProGuide
city: Grand forks
Area: Canada
Date: Wednesday October 13, 2004
Time: 05:34:07 PM

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St. Walleye,

I'm not sure if anyone told you or not but it's called fishing and not catching for a reason. Just because someone caught fish one day doesn't mean you are going to catch fish the next. I have heard some great reports from that area and even seen pictures. Go out tomorrow and you may slay them.

name: St. Walleye
city: Winnipeg
Area: Fargo
Date: Wednesday October 13, 2004
Time: 04:27:40 PM

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We fished on the Red River (Canada) around Lockport/Selkirk and North of the above mentioned spots with terrible results. We have been fishing the Red River for 5-6 years and have never had such bad fishing!!! As far as some of the reports listed in this forum....I believe them to be false. There were lots of anglers we spoke with in the 2 days of fishing and they all had the same results and comments....are you guys sure it was the Red River in Lockport you have been reporting about. October 9/10/2004 is the days that we spent on the river. Should have listened to my Biologist buddy when he said it was going to be poor this year.

name: St. Walleye
city: Winnipeg
Area: Fargo
Date: Wednesday October 13, 2004
Time: 04:27:36 PM

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We fished on the Red River (Canada) around Lockport/Selkirk and North of the above mentioned spots with terrible results. We have been fishing the Red River for 5-6 years and have never had such bad fishing!!! As far as some of the reports listed in this forum....I believe them to be false. There were lots of anglers we spoke with in the 2 days of fishing and they all had the same results and comments....are you guys sure it was the Red River in Lockport you have been reporting about. October 9/10/2004 is the days that we spent on the river. Should have listened to my Biologist buddy when he said it was going to be poor this year.

name: ProGuide
city: Grand Forks
Area: Comment
Date: Saturday October 09, 2004
Time: 08:46:24 PM

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Hey Katfish,

I have some time Sunday morning to hit the red. If interested email me brad@proguidemarketing.com

name: Ed  "Backwater Eddy"
city: Horace
Area: Canada
Date: Wednesday October 06, 2004
Time: 09:58:30 AM

Red_River

Here is a report from Stu at "Cats on the Red" that will interest you Greenback hunters.

10-05-2004 09:06 AM ----- Just a quick update on what's been happening on the Red so far this fall.

With the increased flow my predictions for a strong showing of 'eyes is now being realized. For example last week from Monday thru Saturday one of my top guides produced a total of Fourteen trophy 'eyes between 28 to 33 inches! That's more than all my guys did last fall!

With the continued sunny weather coming our way, this week should be fantastic!

FISH HARD/GOLF HARD!

Stu McKay

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Sounds very encouraging guys!

name: ProGuide
city: Grand Forks
Area: Comment
Date: Monday October 04, 2004
Time: 11:16:22 PM

Red_River

Katfish,

Let me know what you have in mind.

name: Katfish
city: Grand Forks
Area: Grand Forks
Date: Monday October 04, 2004
Time: 09:12:16 PM

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Proguide, Got to jet to Denver until Saturday pm. Have to support my fishing habit you know. A cold one and some fishing talk sounds great!! Where do you usually hang out for beer and talk?

name: Scott
city: Iowa
Area: Canada
Date: Monday October 04, 2004
Time: 04:28:13 PM

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How is the fishing in Manitoba on the Red? Are the Greenbacks in yet and what are you catching them on?

name: Scott
city: Iowa
Area: Canada
Date: Monday October 04, 2004
Time: 04:23:16 PM

Red_River

How is the fishing around Lockport? Are the greenbacks in yet? If so what are you catching them on?

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