Super high water here in the Cities,too. Most of our Chain of Lakes, and other city park lakes were walled by in WPA days. We started the spring about as low lake levels as I have ever seen but now Minnehaha Creek is overflowing its banks, Lake Minnetonka is "no wake" and water levels are over the walls in many places.

Sunfish are bedding so bite is on there. I could have limited out on 8" males the other evening, with one on every cast there for a while. Crappie spawn is about over, but bite is still strong there, too.

Muskies are out this year with my first stolen panfish this past week (that was the third muskie hookup of the year on panfish plastics and I saw this one happen from start to finish, although it was not actually a hookup on the muskie, only the crappie it stripped from my jig.) The muskies are patrolling fishing docks and inside weedlines this time of the year for spawning sunfish and ducklings.

Shoreline fishermen with plastic worms and hard baits are taking lg mouths by walking the walls and casting to the outside weedline. I have already seen a 23" bucketmouth this year, and reports are there of numerous fish pushing the 20"/5# mark.

High water, lots of continuing stormy weather, but a good bite on most of our species when the weather and the water levels allow.

Most of my potential fishing time this spring has been raining, however, so I have not been out as much as in former years.

One thing really new this year: we have a pair of breeding plumaged loons on Lake Calhoun right in the heart of the south side of Minneapolis. Really gotta wonder just where they are gonna find enough privacy to nest, though.