video from river this past weekend (tons of fish)

[freedivernd]

this was filmed below Big Winnie Dam.. about 9 miles north of Bena, MN.  And sorry to all the walleye fishermen... all the walleye except a few small ones were just beyond the "No Fishing From Here to Dam" sign.  Nice thing about winnie dam is there is no "No swimmin' from here to dam" sign so you can go as close as you'd like.  Nothing to exotic as far as fish go..  There was a nice northern in the I'm guessing 10 - 12lbs range but I didn't get any photo of that one.  That walleye that thought he was pretty tough was a nice one.. hard to tell just how nice in the video.. but I'm guessing maybe 6lbs.. I'd say at least 5lbs.

The largest fish I've seen in the rivers was a few weeks ago a 4' long sturgeon graced our presence in the ottertail river.. and then the occasional monster carp.  The muskies that have had the presence of mind to let me photo them have been rather small as muskies go.

Fred