Fishing is great in Minneapolis. The best for northern pike and small mouth bass is the Mississippi River. There is great small mouth bass fishing even in the middle of downtown. Nicolett Island and north of Hennepin Avenue are good places. For great northern pike, small mouth, walleye and sauger, and silver bass from hidden falls south to the end of Fort Snelling can not be beaten. For eatable walleye and an occasional trophy muskee try Lake Harriet, (you need a canoe to get to the good fishing).
I once stopped and talked to some young girls on a river bank in northern Minnesota and asked where the good fishing was. One answered that her father, a nut about fishing, had a special place where he caught all kinds of big Northern Pike. After having driven a couple of hours to get there I was eager to find out where, so I asked the name of the lake. She answered that the name of the lake was Cedar Lake. Looking at the map I could not find the lake so I asked where the lake was. She answered that her father drove a couple of hours south to a lake by or in Minneapolis. Yes folks, while I was driving two hours north there was great fishing ten minutes away and still in the City. With all that elite fishing out of the way I will tell you where the truly great fishing experience awaits. You need a boat, but if you would like the opportunity to sometimes have more than one ten pound fish on at a time, and to possible catch twenty of these in a couple of hours go to the bottom of the Ford Dam. Yes, a sunny afternoon on the Mississippi, trophy carp at the ford dam, while sipping a cold Pigseye, it just doesn't get any better. The beauty is you do not even have to clean fish. With the money you save by not driving "Up North" you can stop on the way home and pick up some tilapia or orange ruffi filets. Yes folks, it just doesn't get better for a fishing experience. I have converted several, (dare I say the word), "non-fisherman", to avid devotees. (I know using the term "non-fisherman" is such an inflammatory insult to some, but the term is used generically and not aimed at a particular person. In the outstate area this might get me warned and possibly expelled from the "List" for "inflammatory insulting language", but here in the City those so described do not even seem to mind. I apologize if such an insult has occurred for anyone.) So stop reading this, grab your rod, get on your bike, AND GO FISHING. (The fall northern are on) Jim Graham, Ventura Village ----- Original Message ----- From: Steven Froemming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 6:12 AM Subject: [Mpls] Good fishing spots in the City? Hello how is every one doing out there today? The reason that I am writing is because i would like to know where some of the good fishing spots are around the city? What are some good fishing spots around the city. Thanks a lot. Steven Mac.Donald Froemming Barton _________________________________________________________________ Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
