New relo - bought a place on the river in Ramsey, MN
Technically Elk River but right on the border of Ramsey. A dream has come true and barring any setbacks or dealbreakers in the inspection tomorrow, we're set to close on the property Sept 14th.
We will be relocating from Georgia. I am used to fishing the cypress swamps of the south....not waters with walleye, muskie, and heck even smallmouth are nonexistant in a lot of our waters down there.
So with that said, it looks like the river water moves along at a hasty speed.....where can I read about some fishing techniques this far up river? Most of the stuff I've found on google has been about fishing from St. Paul & south. I'm not necessarily looking for crappie techniques (although nice), I'm looking for general fishing techniques.....
If I tossed out a general bottom rig with a night crawler on it what would I catch? Down south you'd only catch blue catfish. I'm comfortable with the bass fishing because we did have similar waters in the south and I've done some smallmouth fishing in my time too. But we're talking new species for me up there...walleye, muskie, northern pike, sauger, etc.
Anyways, what's the best resource for learning about fishing up here? And the property I am hoping to close on has a floating dock so I'm curious about the nightcrawler question. I have a kayak and jonboat but will probably stick to fishing off the dock for a while to start.