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The River Addict
Registrace 12. 02. 2016
Thanks for stopping by! My name is Jon, I’m a Multi-species angler with a focus on channel cats, pike, perch, walleye, bass, and rough fish. Located on the border of ND/MN
My goal with this channel is to document my adventures and hopefully help others learn more about fishing for their favorite freshwater species.
My goal with this channel is to document my adventures and hopefully help others learn more about fishing for their favorite freshwater species.
Red River of The North (North Dakota Trophy Catfish) Ft. Brad Durick
In this video I had the opportunity to go out fishing with a North dakota Catfishing legend.
Brad Durick has been putting his clients on trophy channel catfish the last 17 years. He’s one of the best in the game and put me on nearly 20 fish today. We had multiple fish over 18lbs, the biggest just over 19.
You can get ahold of Brad to schedule your trip at
Redrivercatfish.com
Thankyou for watching everyone. Have a good week.
Brad Durick has been putting his clients on trophy channel catfish the last 17 years. He’s one of the best in the game and put me on nearly 20 fish today. We had multiple fish over 18lbs, the biggest just over 19.
You can get ahold of Brad to schedule your trip at
Redrivercatfish.com
Thankyou for watching everyone. Have a good week.
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Breaking Down A New Stretch Of River For (BIG) North Dakota Catfish
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In this video I took my Feel Free Moken 12.5 North on The Mighty Red River. I utilized Cut goldeye and circle hooks to nab a few nice Channel Catfish. It was a really warm muggy Day, But a couple BIG bites made the trip worth it. Thanks for watching Everyone.
Fat 4th of July Panfish (Minnesota Kayak Fishing)
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In this video i took my kayak out to a nice Minnesota lake in search for some quality panfish. Had a good mix of species and got to enjoy some great weather.
Red River of The North - North Dakota Catfishing (Pre-Spawn)
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We went out Post Flood Highwater Catfishing today. We Utilized Sucker Minnows and Circle hooks to catch some monster channel catfish. Thankyou to everyone who Watched this video. I hope you all get out fishing and have a good day.
Lonley Road In the Middle of Nowhere (North Dakota Channel Catfish)
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Just a nice channel catfish i caught while out exploring back water tributaries. Thanks for watching.
Flooded Backwater Holds RIVER BEASTS
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I took my Kayak out to a little north dakota river to find some moster northern Pike!
Whacking Minnesota Crappies - (CRYSTAL) Clear Shallow Water
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So today was Minnesota fishing opener and i went to go try for some largemouth. Bass seemed to be a week or two out from staging up shallow. Caught one nice one in deep water but that was it. Luckily the wind blew my kayak and i over to a shore that was flooded with clouds of black crappie. Its been along time since I've been crappie fishing so i tied on a tube jig and let her buck. Thanks for ...
Kayak Fishing Pre-Spawn Catfish
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In this video we took my feelfree moken 12.5 out on the red river of the north to chase some prespawn catfish. Im expecting incredible fishing the next couple weeks so stay tuned. Thanks for watching everyone.
Learn To Fish (ANY) River or Creek
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In this video I go over all my favorite fishing tips for my local rivers and creeks. My goal with this video is to help any new anglers learn how to fish. Leave any questions you have in the comment section. Thankyou
Exploring A New Stretch of River For Spring Walleye And Catfish!
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In this video I took my feel free moken 12.5 out to a new stretch of the red river of the north. The water stayed cold throughout the day and really turned the walleye fishing on. Still managed a few nice channel catfish. Overall an amazing day in the midwest! I Hope you guys enjoyed the video, and get out fishing soon. Tight Lines! - With Love, The River Addict :D
The Colossal Channel Catfish Of The Red River
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A short fishing video Featuring some of the murky water mud monsters of the Red River. These channel catfish anomalies grow to massive sizes in this river. Heres Just a couple from my trip the other day. Thanks For watching.
Kayak Fishing (NUMBERS) Of Spring River Monsters
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In this video I took my kayak out to the beautiful red river of the north. I managed to catch a bunch of great channel catfish and even a couple walleye. I even got to meet a local legend @ndyakangler If you’re not subbed to Matt’s channel go check it out.
Bobber Fishing (HUNGRY) Missouri River Pike
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In this video i traveled across the state to target Northern Pike on The Mighty Missouri River. I utilized large bobbers, Predator Rigs and Frozen smelt to catch these fish. I battled Crazy wind all day so sorry about some of the audio. I appreciate you all for watching. Have a great day.
Groovy Ice Fishing Sesh!
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One of my trips out on a north Dakota Slough this winter. Thanks for watching.
Perch Fishing The Famous Potholes of North Dakota!
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In this video i went out to one of the hundreds of pothole sloughs we have in north dakota. It was my first time trying this pond, i lucked out and found some great sized yellow perch. I utilized a deadstick for most of the day to catch these fish. The wind picked up in the afternoon and i had to leave early. Overall i had a fantastic day in the prairie.
Targeting Big Minnesota Bass (Kayak Fishing)
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Targeting Big Minnesota Bass (Kayak Fishing)
Utilizing Pack Bait To Catch Large Numbers Of Common Carp
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Utilizing Pack Bait To Catch Large Numbers Of Common Carp
The Red River Of The North: Bank Fishing
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The Red River Of The North: Bank Fishing
Rainy Morning Kayak Fishing (Relaxation Overload!)
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Rainy Morning Kayak Fishing (Relaxation Overload!)
Understanding Current Seams: Channel Catfish (Bridge Fishing)
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Understanding Current Seams: Channel Catfish (Bridge Fishing)
Targeting Monster Pre-spawn Catfish- This is Madness! (Red River, ND)
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Targeting Monster Pre-spawn Catfish- This is Madness! (Red River, ND)
Big Channel Catfish at Sunset- (Red River, ND)
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Big Channel Catfish at Sunset- (Red River, ND)
Big Ol' Missouri River Pike (North Dakota)
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Big Ol' Missouri River Pike (North Dakota)
Aggressive Shallow Water Walleyes (NEW PB)
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Aggressive Shallow Water Walleyes (NEW PB)
I FOUND THE HONEY HOLE! (Hammering North Dakota Perch)
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I FOUND THE HONEY HOLE! (Hammering North Dakota Perch)
The Predators Of The Prairie (Northern Pike)
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The Predators Of The Prairie (Northern Pike)
North Dakota Pothole Perch (Ice fishing)
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North Dakota Pothole Perch (Ice fishing)
Wacky Riggin' (FAT) Minnesota Largemouth
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Wacky Riggin' (FAT) Minnesota Largemouth
Very nice stable platform, but I bought a Crescent CK1 Venture, because the Feelfree is still a barge in comparison. Enjoy.
@@argon62 very nice, I’ve been considering adding a crescent ultra lite for a more “throw and go” style kayak
Some good ones what bait you using?
@@chriswalls5831 frozen goldeye
Yeah I do a lot of fishing on the red very good day frogs
So i need some help, I am new to catfishing and have tried fishing a few spots on the red. I cant find a spot where my line isn't green and snagged. And most importantly i still cant find any catfish🤣 Do you have any tips to at least find them? Im limited to bank fishing as of currently.
@@Jack-e5q4i howdy! If you look through the videos on my channel, I have a few “how to” videos that should help with bank fishing the red! They are a couple years old, but some good information to take away from them.
@TheRiverAddict okay thanks!
You around GF? Havnt heard of many people catching this summer
@@tyelde475 I’m from Fargo, but this video was in GF. Fishing has been great on all stretches of the red river this year. The high water has been great asset to the fishing
@@TheRiverAddictgood to know! I mainly fish from shore and all my spots have been flooded out. Gonna give it a shot Saturday!
@tyelde475 good luck! 👍
Took my ranger bass boat out on the red the other day lol. Stuck a 21,16,15 and 13. Not ideal boat to fish off of but i managed to stick some toads.
@@northernbassalliance1442 love to hear it
Always fun fishing with Brad! He's a legend
Brad is the man!
@@tuckerindabum442 absolutely
Esse peixe parece muito com o Acará-açu da Amazônia!
Madness!
Does brad have a CZcams
@@user-rp3tx2xq9j Brad does, he’s inactive for the most part.He has a great series of “chalk talks” on there though.Lots of good information in those videos. His CZcams is “Captain Brad Durick”
Where can you get frogs as bait
@@user-rp3tx2xq9j I’m not entirely sure where in GF Brad gets them. I’ll usually just catch them if I need some
@TheRiverAddict dang there's not many where am at so it's hard to find em
Brad is a legend. I wish I had know about the kitties in the Red when i lived in Fargo. Now I know and I'll be back.
Top notch video!
@@Csteph205 thank you so much!
Great video 👍
@@nodakzac thanks buddy, appreciate it!
Where did you get the receiver hitch extender & what brand is it? Thanks !
@@CajunRobFishing I got it off Amazon for $60 I’m not positive on the brand sorry about that
@@TheRiverAddict thanks I just got a used ocean blue Moken 12.5. Have you done a video on your upgrades or mods on your yak? Thx
@@CajunRobFishing if you look wayyy back in my videos I have a video for my Scotty mount on my perception outlaw. I still use that exact set up on this kayak. Other than that I just have a couple rod holders haha. Keep it pretty basic
Chaos.
Brad is the Red River 🐐 AWESOME video! Beautiful channel catfish.
I put a goat but apparently some don't see it?!🤷♀️🤦♀️😆
Was just up last weekend for the derby, then went up and hit pembina/drayton stretch for 2 days. Caught less fish, but larger average size great time.
@@eduffy4937 thanks for the report brother 💪🏼
Can you pin that exact spot, I live in Moorhead MN and love fishing off the river but it’s hard for me to find good places to fish with few snags.
Anywhere on the red is full of cats. I stuck a 13, 15, 16 and 21lbr yesterday. Find a hole, cast some goldeye out there and bam fish on.
Im stationed in grand forks and fish the red occassionally if im not on the boatbass fishing in MN. Lots of bigguns out therr. Beenwanting to take my yak on the river tho one day. Need to find an area with no so much current. I do have a micro power pole on my yak tho to anchor
@@northernbassalliance1442 it’s a rush catching them in the kayak, them power poles are nice too. Tough to get them to stick in the soft bottom of the red, but they’re nice forsure
Love the video! As a fellow Red River fisherman myself just north of ya in Manitoba.
@@jasondueck7257 thanks for watching and thanks for the kind words brother! Hope to make my way up towards you one of these days
That was a hog! It’s interesting how different the Red is down there. When you’re ready to cross the border, let me know! Tight lines!
@@matthewhawn9070 I agree! I’ve seen video of the river up there and it’s a night and day difference. Hopefully sooner then later I can make my way up there! Thanks for watching Mathew
On behalf of North Dakota: we're glad you made it! One thing we have in common, Jon, is muddy Ugly Stick cat rods that won't ever get clean. Living the dream.
@@SluSharkND never trust a clean uglystik. Thanks for watching slushark
Are you getting your gold eyes where you’re fishing cats, or do you fish for them in certain areas? Also, do you ever use frogs? Most of my catfishing has been on the Ottertail. I’ve used frogs and mooneyes (I believe) on there.
@@kourtsdad I usually catch goldeye the day beforehand just to save time. But catfish are usually near a source of bait, so there’s always goldeye nearby if I need to catch some. And frogs are a very popular bait on the red river, I just usually stick to goldeye and suckers because it’s the easiest for me to acquire.
@@TheRiverAddict Cool! I was wondering about suckers, since I won’t be near either river to catch bait before my daughter and I give it a shot. I hope you don’t mind, we’re planning to try the first place you were at on the video. 🙄
@@kourtsdad great spot to bring the kids, lots of medium sized fish there. The water might be high and the water might be fast but I bet you’ll have good luck. Tons of goldeye right under that bridge
real fishing brother...let's go...great video man'
@@southernutopia Thankyou brother, I appreciate the kind words. Have a good one buddy
I enjoyed your panfishing video. There’s something exciting about the energy and colors of panfish. I hope you do more of these videos.👍. The sounds of the birds and loon in the background were awesome.
@@redrivermudmonster4962 Thankyou so much
What's your opinion of the weight of the Moken 12.5 for car topping? How does it handle? Thanks.
@@user-sm7cx6fx2v It wouldn’t be too difficult if you got a roof rack. It’s around 85lbs, I have a truck now so I don’t have to car top anymore, but I use to car top with my perception outlaw. They are fairly similar in weight, if I remember correctly the moken is about 15lbs heavier.
How are you paddling with that. Looks right in the way. Why not use the center solo mount?
@@XJStryker just because I move it from boat to boat or sometimes don’t want a fishfinder with if I’m fishing familiar water. It’s not in the way when paddling, you’re able to slide up and down track to your liking.
Man I’d love to get out on the river with you I moved out here from out west and fell in love with fishing the red
It’s a magical place.
@@TheRiverAddict yeah I been fishing a lot on the red and sheyenne a bit lately because I live in Horace so it’s a 5 min load up the kayak and go trip
Hey, is there any difference between the Scheels in Grand Forks vs Fargo, or are there any other places you’d suggest in either town for fishing gear?
Never been to scheels in grand forks, cabelas up there is pretty cool. Fargo I’d say Fleet farm, scheels, Walmart, runnings.
@@TheRiverAddict thanks, Jon! Might head down in a couple days. I appreciate it!
love this channel man. please keep posting!
This means alot thankyou. No end in site on my side!
@@TheRiverAddict hey I’ve got a noob question: I was fishing over by the bridge by the greenway right behind Joe blacks (I live in grand forks) and I just couldn’t keep the bait on my hook. Every time I would reel in for a bait check, my bait would get snagged off by all the river weeds and such. You got any tips?
@@mrgorrila30 what were u using for bait
@@TheRiverAddict I use the chicken liver balls in light current. But I tried those precut suckers and that’s what I lost in the heavy current through the weeds. I hooked the bait through the scales, not the meat, if that makes sense. Gonna try the live suckers tonight and cut them up and see how they stick
@@mrgorrila30 chicken liver can be tough to keep on the hook in general, with the high water and all the extra debris floating around I’m sure it’s even more difficult. I’d stick to fresh or frozen cutbait, and you should be good to go.
2:50 I know this spot. I occasionally fish about 2 miles south of that on the maple.
Nice spot! Where is this? lol
How far up north are you heading on the Red?
I fish anywhere from whapeton to forks usually. Planning on exploring further north after the spawn
What other rivers in the area offe4 decent cat fishing? Are some less terminal meaning when the red goes way up are there others that stay more stable? All I know is that red am looking for other options. I have a 15ft grumman sport boat so cam lunch anywhere and can motor through 10" of water.
I’d say if you find a spot 10-15 miles up any of the connected tributaries during the floods you’d be in pretty good shape for fishing. Sheyenne, wild rice, elm, goose, Forrest, maple, buffalo, red lake river, park river, all decent options. They still flood pretty good too when the red floods, but there’s definitely fishing to be had.
@@TheRiverAddict thanks man As I said, I fish in what equates to a saltwater gheenoe soil tend to enjoy the smaller river a good bit more. Most tiles the fish this far north are smaller in connecting trips of main rivers but at times that doesn't seem to matter much and seems a lot of spawning cats push up trips as well. What's some advice on walleye fishing these rivers? Areas, tackle, etc I fish cats here but have a hard time with walleyes when I can't see 2" through the water. I'm used to fishing walleyes in ne mn where I can see down 15-20ft.lol
@@eduffy4937 in my experience, targeting walleyes on the river is more of a seasonal thing then anything else. You forsure can catch them throughout the summer, but when that water reaches 45 degrees in the spring and low 60s-50s in the fall is the best time. For rigs I use a 1/4-1/2 oz sinker, floro leader and a plain hook or floating jig. Both minnows and crawlers work well. Frogs and sucker minnows for the trophy walleyes. Many people also jig for them with plastics as well. Any dams, deep holes, rock piles, clam beds, river confluence areas, bridges Are all good spots to find walleyes
@@TheRiverAddict awesome thanks man. I appreciate the feedback
Brad must be close by
Glad to see you back on the Red, Jon. Good luck with Papa John's. I suggest trying the PortaJon people, too...
You’re a genius slushark, reaching out to portajon now thankyou
Video chưa bn quá tuyệt vời hay quá chúc bạn thật nhiều sức khỏe và thành công 👍
Jon for the win! When life gives you flooding, hit the backwaters. Thanks for showing us that the best way to find fish is to get off you @$$ and go look for them.
Thanks for watching slushark happy Sunday
The ending was hilarious,i subbed to the channel,hope that helps u out
Thanks Mike I appreciate the sub and the great stories. Glad I could help you relive some good memories. Hope you have a good weekend!
@@TheRiverAddict The other small town that was near the wild rice river was Called Ada.My gramp probably knew every farmer in Norman County as he did alot of service calls to work on their Tractors an Equipment if they couldnt get it into the Shop in Perely so there were just endless spots we could fish at along both the Red River and The Wild Rice.One of my Aunts lived just outside of Hendrum and Her Husband worked at one of the Sugar Beet plants(cant remember which town it was in)and we would go to their cabin at Upper cormorant lake,it was very good fishing too.i always liked the river bank fishing cause i didnt need to have a boat,plus i could walk across the feild an be on the river bank catching catfish in 5 mins,lol.Cant even remember how many i hauled back to the house an cleaned so my gramma could cook them.Do u ever catch any flatheads out of the Red River,i cant remember ever catching one up there,we have alot of them in the rivers an lakes in the southern,illinois area along with the channel cats and Blue cats.im about 35-40 miles east of St,louis Mo in a small farming town called Highland.I wish our fishing was as good as up there,seems like ever since those asian carp got into all of our rivers down here that its had a adverse effect on our gamefish,we still have pretty decent whitebass and in the spring the walleyes an saugers come up into the kaskaskia river beneath both lake Carlyle and Shelbyville,but i dont think its anywhere near as good as it was back in the 80's and 90's.
@@mikeolson7188 they’re only channel catfish in the red river. They get so big because they don’t have to compete with other catfish species like the blues or flatheads. I’d really like to try for a flat head or big blue someday though.
@@TheRiverAddict There are some absolute monsters down here,both Blue Catfish and the Flatheads.i watched a guy catch one that weighed in over 60 pounds at a local bait shop below carlyle lake back in the 80's.My biggest Flathead i caught from the kaskaskis river weighed about 30 pounds,and yep,we ate em,but that was many,many yrs ago before the catch and release had gotten very popular.Matter of fact,about everything we caught from the white bass,sauger an Walleye,bluegills,crappie and all catfish were kept and cleaned to feed our family.never kept any Largemouths or ocassional snallmouth from any of the Larger corps of engineer lakes,and we never kept a Musky when we would catch them below Lake Shelbyville, in the winter months the musky can be caught in the tailwaters of a couple of the lakes down here.
This is awesome,thanks for helping me re-live a time from my youth when i lived up there and pretty much got to go fishing whenever i wanted to.i know exactly where this is at and this is so cool to see you catching fish from some of the same spots i grew up fishing,Man i miss living up there,Hope you catch lotsa fish up there.
Do u ever fish over by Perely Minn?i grew up there an use to catch alot of Channel cats and Buffalo.We would catch the walleye at my uncles place on Big Pine lake and at my aunts cabin on upper cormorant lake,alota sunfish an pike aswell.
Sure do! Perely has a great stretch of river
@@TheRiverAddict Thats awesome,wish my Grandparents were still with us so i could take gramp fishin.
What size hook do you use, all i have are these big catfish hooks that I don't think a walleye would bite.
I was catching these walleye on size 5-6 circle hooks, same hooks I use for catfishing. Normally I’ll use like a size 2 walleye hook or small floating jig or octopus hook with a flathead minnow or crawler for walleyes. The walleyes were just very aggressive and hungry this day because of the prespawn, they’ll hit about anything when the water temps 45-50 degrees
@@TheRiverAddict Thanks, I am still learning how to fish the Red.
5:16 Wise words. Lived it this week, caught a channel cat on a Bandit 300. Just when I got her in she death rolled and hooked my shorts with the crankbait and wrapped line everywhere. Had to pause to use one hand to turn into a boat wake before dealing with the fish
Do you use an anchor? Waders? I’m moving from coastal TX to Fargo and love kayak fishing. Been watching to get some tips.
Welcome to town man! Hope you enjoy your time here. I don’t use an anchor no, I use a piece of rebar or a strong stick to pin myself to the bank. In some lake situations or lower current river spots I will throw my little anchor out. For catfishing on the red river I find it most effective just to pin myself to the bank that way my baits don’t drift around while the currents moving my kayak back and forth. Thanks for watching! If you have any questions let me know man. Welcome to North Dakota, Safe travels
@@TheRiverAddict thanks so much. What about river safety? Do you always wear a pdf? I don’t always when I’m fishing the coastal flats but wasn’t sure with the river. What about waders for cold water? I wear neoprenes but they are light. I have so many questions I could ask lol. Maybe I’ll see you on the water. I’ll be with my son bank fishing Fargo too.
@@Tea4Texas I always wear a PDF yeah, the red river doesn’t really fish well until temps reach 40-45 degrees in the spring I don’t usually wear waders. Lots of great public parks along the river in fargo that I’m sure you and the kid will have a blast at
@@TheRiverAddict awesome looking forward to it.
Great day, Jon! Thanks for sharing. Get ready for more water in the river...
Thanks for watching buddy, been nonstop rain might have to hop on a lake soon
For the love of God, clean your fishing gear!!! Great vids tho...
It’s a losing battle with the red river 😂 the mud is welded on that rod at this point
I ran across your channel watching some u tube fishin vids and when i saw the red river it immediately caught my attention,lol.i grew up in perely,Minn so the Red River was litterally in our backyard(an sometimes the house,lol).Use to go back every year to Visit my Grandparents and do a lil fishin with my gramp.Been many years since ive been back up to Minnesota,i miss that place,the fishing in Southern,illinois is def not as good as up there.Keep up the good work young man,hope the river stays in its banks,an u catch lotsa fish.
@@mikeolson7188 that’s cool man thanks for watching and the kind words. I love fishing the perley area, if you go to my channel and find the video titled “understanding current seams:channel catfish (bridge fishing) I bet you’ll recognize the spot 😂. Have a good day brother, make your way back up north one of these days.
@@TheRiverAddict oh yeah,and we used to have a city dump where everyone(150 population back then)would take their trash to an burn so when gramp was helpin clean up an burn i was fishing,lol.another spot we fished was the wild rice river,i think it was a bit north east if i remember correctly from perely.my Grandparents owned the Tractor dealership in Perely so i would go along on service calls with my Gramp an uncle.(my dad was oversea's in the Airforce,thats why i grew up with grandparents and My Aunt an Uncle)i do remember catching some decent wallys one day on the banks of the wild rice though.so many good spots up there.I do have Cousins up in Minneapolis but seldom get back up there due to work.i will have to watch the vid with the bridge near Perely.
Not one, but two beauties... Nice Job!
Thankyou!
What a cool day on the Red River! Never know what you'll run into out there