On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 05:04:20 GMT, "Bob Weinberger"
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Hmmm. Anyone else interested in SE MN in '04?

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rbc:vixen,Minnow Goddess,Willow Watcher,and all that sort of thing.
Often taunted by trout.
Only a fool would refuse to believe in luck. Only a damn fool would rely on it.

http://www.visi.com/~cyli

I'd probably be up for it. SWMBO would be eager to visit our daughter & new grandaughter in the Twin
Cities. I got to fish the S. Fk. of the Whitewater, just west of Altura, few days this summer when we
went to visit our daughter & grandchild - I can take a screaming newborn only so long, even if it is
my first grandchild.

Cool.

Even though the fish I caught (all browns) were quite small by western standards (6-10"), I found the
fishing quite enjoyable and challenging.

That seems to be the general size down there. But I've seen a pool
with some very large fish in it that the rangers didn't much want to
talk about. Now this was years before I took up trout, so it could
have been suckers, I suppose. But it's a little hand made rock dam in
a place that few trout fishermen would be looking (too near the
tourist paths and the playground) and impossible to get to on one side
and possibly difficult to go to upstream and slanty and slippery on
the other side.

The brown hanging behind the ranger's reception desk is humongous and
the rangers say it was caught in the park. I didn't ask how recently.

There are mostly browns and rainbows, but some of the creeks close
around are supposed to have brookies, as is that 'expert' stream in
right in the Park.

The bird watching is so good there that sometimes I just go in back of
the station and watch the birds at the feeders for an hour or two.
Indigo buntings are so gorgeous.
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rbc:vixen,Minnow Goddess,Willow Watcher,and all that sort of thing.
Often taunted by trout.
Only a fool would refuse to believe in luck. Only a damn fool would rely on it.

http://www.visi.com/~cyli