Arvid’s Fishing Report

In November we would expect the weather that we’ve been having in October, rain, snow, wind and cloudy. Certainly not very nice for fishing and bird hunting.

Wednesday, I took advantage of one of the few nice days that we’ve had lately. In the morning, I headed for the forest and walked a couple of my favorite walking trails. I had the woods to myself as I didn’t see another vehicle all day, although I did hear a couple of shots in the distance. I was lucky and got a limit of partridge and was back in town by 3:00 p.m., just in time to visit my mother. I then took the boat, fished the river for a short time before dark and caught three nice walleyes in the 14″-16″ range. It was a good day.

I am hearing more and more good fishing reports with many fish in the 28″ to 30″ range being caught.

Tamarack turned gold and dropping their needles

Terry came up from Bemidji and after spending half the day working on a deer stand we decided a walk in the woods to look for a partridge would be the best way to spend the afternoon. It was a nice day after a very windy weekend and most of the leaves were off the trees and brush. We were lucky and found some birds. Both of us were tired after a long walk.

Terry with three ruffed grouse

On Sunday, I took a ride down into the forest area and walked a couple of my favorite trails looking for a partridge. That’s what we call a ruffed grouse. It was a breezy day and there is still a lot of leaves on the trees and brush which did not make for ideal bird hunting. I saw four birds and got three of them. The other ran and I never did see it again. All the birds were singles which leads me to think that the coveys have split up.

The fishing reports have not been very good and I can attest to that. Sunday I fished the river for a couple of hours before dark with not much success. I caught one nice 15-16″ walleye, two little saugers, a perch and a 38″ sturgeon. It’s not very good for October 1st.

Early Fall Partridge