Catfish, walleye, high water in fishing forecast
Spring tests anglers’ patience
Shea Gerber and Ashton Bloomquist kicked off the spring fishing season with a successful outing, catching a dozen hearty catfish. Send your outdoor photos to Outdoor Reporter Amie Johansen at amie@charlescitypress.com
By Amie Johansen
Like a siren call, spring entices anglers to shake the dust off their ugly sticks and head out to the water. For a while, the ever faithful catfish, and the ever tasteful walleye, were finding themselves inside the livewell.
“I’ve fished so far for a total of 2.5 hours over three outings, and that’s going out after I lock up, and I’ve caught about 11 catfish,” Nub Ronnei, owner of Nub’s Bait Tackle & More, said.
This past week’s precipitation has caused the river to go up, dampening the fishing success rate for this weekend.
“The river was down and they started to catch some nice walleye and the catfish were going good,” Nub said. “Then I go across (the river) and I’m like ‘what, wait a minute?’”
According to Nub, the river typically takes around a day and a half to return to good fishing levels. Lately, anglers have been purchasing chubs and nightcrawlers.
“They start with the chubs then, they throw out the night crawlers because you can catch anything on them, so if they catch a sucker they cut them up for cut bait,” Nub said.
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