Labor Day weekend pretty much marks the end of smallmouth fishing on the Upper St Croix. In the next week or two most smallies will start their migration downstream to the reservoir portion above St Croix Falls/ Taylor Falls. I've tried catching them later in September, even during stable warm weather but they're gone.
Another sign pointing to the end of summer is the MN State Fair (I think Henry enjoyed it?).
I took the boys out for their first trip in the drift boat Friday with Blake chaperoning us. On Gus's 2nd cast, he landed a 19 inch smallmouth bass (now on referred to as SMB - it's funnier when kids say it).
We got a bunch of fish but the water was definitely down and we hit a lot of rocks. Blake finds it very humorous that I laugh every time a SMB takes a top-water. We also enjoy coming up with household references during a good cast like - "you just put that one in his living room" or "right on the kitchen table".
Blake, Matt L and I did the stretch from CCC down to Riverside Sunday. That was the day the weather turned.
We started catching quite a few and Matt even hooked a Muskie (I think - it rolled and was fat with a white belly and red fins). The river has changed since the heavy rains earlier in the month. It moved sand a half mile from where it was before and improved some sections. Not to mention that Riverside looks completely different losing 3/4 of its trees. Rowing out the winds picked up - not easy rowing the boat and defintely not good for top-water.
The Mississippi is getting back into shape so hopefully that fishes well into October otherwise we've got Brule steelhead but really I'm looking forward to early November Flambeau Muskies.
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