07-11-2005, 06:24 PM
Hash,
I've been doing quite well all spring and summer on the river right across from the church in Benson. Did you cross the marsh and get to the actual river, or were you just looking at the marsh from the road. With the high water conditions this year I've had to put on the waders to cross the marsh that currently looks like a big pond or stagnant river to get to the actual river channel. As a result I have seen very few folks over there but the fishing has been good. Earlier in the year I was getting them up under the brush along the bank but they seem to be moving into the deeper holes now.
I've never caught anything much other than little mudders at the bridge but I was usually fishing for them with my 3 and 2 yr old boys. I did go once by myself however and fished with large chunks of carp meat and landed a walleye and had something else bigger on until it threw the hook.
I'm heading to Benson tommorrow morning at 5 AM to try for a couple of hours, I'll post up how it goes.
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I've been doing quite well all spring and summer on the river right across from the church in Benson. Did you cross the marsh and get to the actual river, or were you just looking at the marsh from the road. With the high water conditions this year I've had to put on the waders to cross the marsh that currently looks like a big pond or stagnant river to get to the actual river channel. As a result I have seen very few folks over there but the fishing has been good. Earlier in the year I was getting them up under the brush along the bank but they seem to be moving into the deeper holes now.
I've never caught anything much other than little mudders at the bridge but I was usually fishing for them with my 3 and 2 yr old boys. I did go once by myself however and fished with large chunks of carp meat and landed a walleye and had something else bigger on until it threw the hook.
I'm heading to Benson tommorrow morning at 5 AM to try for a couple of hours, I'll post up how it goes.
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