Fear not....plenty of good fishing in the Rochester area. I just returned from a morning trip to the MississippiRiver and did well there.

The immediate Rochester area is peppered with flood control retention reservoirs and most have crappies and sunfish. Some are better than others for fish size. North of Rochester 11 short miles is Lake Zumbro which is a great body of water for crappies, but also holds Northern, Walleye, Muskie, Catfish, Perch and Sunfish/Bluegills. The Gills and Sunnies can tape out at 11+" on some and the Crappies can tape out at 13" to 14", with an average of around 11" to 11 1/2". The Crappies will sow a mix of white and black with the blacks being predominant.

There are a couple of very good pools of the Mississippi within 40 miles that are outstanding for Walleye/Sauger, the Sunfishes, both of the Crappies, Northerns, Perch and all kinds of Catfish. This morning Crappies to 13 inches were taken, but one pool in particular will hand you 14", 15" and even 16" fish on a regular basis.

As for the women thing mentioned. Stick with the wife. All of these twinkies mentioned are here for education and they would need to be trained properly to be of any value. You'll be happier with what you have already.