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Garrison Dam Tailrace - Sunday, January 8, 2012
By:
LHuizenga
on 2012-01-08 22:58:51
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FIshed west side rocks near the gates. Spent an hour using various colors of jigs tipped with minnows, not a bite. Switched to a glass minnow Rapala size 14, nothing. Fish of some sort right at our feet neat shore wouldn't bite live minnows. Companion did get a cisco, lost a nice bite on a jig. Guy next to us got a northern, nothing else, Slow, sad night.
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Garrison Dam Tailrace - Saturday, December 31, 2011 | |
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fished the tailrace off the rocks on the west side 12-31-11. used 1/2 to 3/4 oz jigs white or orange (both colors worked) with minnows, or smelt if one floated by. started about 10 am quit 4:30 pm. caught 40 to 50 walleye & sauger 15" to 25" (mostly sauger) about a dozen whitefish & ciscos, and 5 or 6 pike 3 to 8lbs. The wingwalls aren't open yet. BRING LOTS OF JIGS!!! between all the jigs I lost to the pike and the rocks I should have got a littering ticket.
I tried all day for a whopper, but sometimes I think a unicorn is easier to catch than a 4lb sauger. got some 3's but 4 has just always been out of reach. I gave up, put 5 in the bucket & went home. If anyone has any tips to put me on just one 4lb suager I'd appreciate it. Mind your Ps and Qs and don't throw "trash" fish or your beer bottles up in the rocks the game warden was there watchin...finally.    .jpg)   |
Garrison Dam Tailrace - Tuesday, December 20, 2011 | |
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Has anybody been fishing the tailrace lately?
Have a day off tomorrow and want to wet a line from shore. |
Garrison Dam Tailrace - Tuesday, October 25, 2011 | |
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long story short.
thursday-sunday. 4 people from shore. 4 man posesian limit of northern, up to 10 pounds, all fat. 17 cisco, will expeiriment with them, will report what the best way to eat them is. 1 lake whitefish, lots of bones but nice fillets. a 9 pound salmon, smoking time! 1 walleye, 18 inches, was given a 21 and 14 incher. 11 18-20 inch suckers, will expeiriment. was given half a nice rainbow. snagged a few 6-10 pound carp, on 4 pound line, very tough and long fight. saw a kid get a 30 pound buffalo, he let it go. another kid got a 10 pound salmon. and I got a 7 pound brown that's going on my wall  .oh yes, and besides the 24 northern, 4 got off the stringer, a few were clipped twice! they came on everything! |
Garrison Dam Tailrace - Sunday, October 23, 2011 | |
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We hit the tailrace Friday night. My first time fishing the shutes from a boat, what a rush! We fished from 11PM to 3:30 AM and caught some kind of fish on every pass. Came in with a couple big cats, a nice brown and 10 big fat footballs. My lord I have never seen fish so fat. OUTSTANDING!!
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Garrison Dam Tailrace - Wednesday, October 19, 2011 | |
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will be at the tailrace thursday, friday, and saterday, I will stick out!
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Garrison Dam Tailrace - Monday, October 10, 2011 | |
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does anyone know if the wingwalls are open, andif they are, are they catchn anything? any info is appreciated.
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Garrison Dam Tailrace - Wednesday, September 7, 2011 | |
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Trolled assorted smaller shad bodied crank baits primarily in 8-10 F.O.W. for the walleyes and 11-14 F.O.W. for salmon and trout, and had a great day. Caught 3 Salmon, all in the 8-10 pound size, 8 walleyes between 17-22", and a HUGE Rainbow Trout.
The trout measured 28.25 inches long. 10.75 inches back to belly, and weighed in at Scott's Bait and Tackle at 16.25 pounds!!!   The good fellows at Fiber Tech Reproductions are already at work making my replica mount, and this one is in the freezer. Think I might have to go back again soon! |
Garrison Dam Tailrace - Tuesday, September 6, 2011 | |
Never been to the Tailrace; going Thursday night to do some shore fishing. Where would be best to go? And where is this infamous 'honey hole'?
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Garrison Dam Tailrace - Sunday, September 4, 2011 | |
My 5 year old son and I fished the tailrace from shore for a couple hours this morning. There were so many boats out there, it looked like the scene from Jaws in the marina when they were all after the shark. There were dead smelt, mooneye, small walleye and catfish all over by the boat launch. Fish were constantly breaking the surface feeding on the thousands of dead fish. There were also an unbelievable number of seagulls feeding as well. My son had a nice walleye about 4 or 5 lbs. on a jig and Gulp minnow, but it goy off right by shore. We did manage one small smallmouth bass and a very large goldeye. The goldeye came on a floating jig and smelt that was plucked from the shoreline. I also rolled what appeared to be a very large paddlefish using a clown colored Rogue. The 5 year old was excited, I was just glad the hook didn't stick because I would not have wanted to lose it
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