where are we?

  • catman87
    Cannon Falls, MN
    Posts: 59
    June 3, 2011 at 11:14 pm #1222310

    Do you think most of the fish are in prespawn stage or are they spawning?

    joshbjork
    Center of Iowa
    Posts: 727
    June 3, 2011 at 11:35 pm #970891

    Keep fishing! I’ll tell you when to stop.

    jerrj01
    Hudson, WI
    Posts: 1547
    June 4, 2011 at 1:25 am #970909

    Which species and where?

    little-t
    Plymouth WI
    Posts: 314
    June 4, 2011 at 3:01 am #970927

    Awesome response!!!

    mike_j
    Nashua Iowa
    Posts: 754
    June 4, 2011 at 4:49 am #970936

    I’m guessing that scince he’s posting in the catfish and sturgeon forum, either catfish or sturgeon.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59940
    June 4, 2011 at 8:10 am #970937

    Shovelnose or Lake Sturgeon,

    Channel or Flathead cats?

    Flats are just starting the pre spawn on the Mississippi near Red Wing.

    catman87
    Cannon Falls, MN
    Posts: 59
    June 4, 2011 at 12:25 pm #970958

    Sorry guys I forgot that this was a sturgeon page also, but I was wondering about the channel catfish and the flatties!

    stuart
    Mn.
    Posts: 3682
    June 4, 2011 at 5:12 pm #970995

    The channle cats on the miss this last week have been full of eggs.

    mossydan
    Cedar Rapids, Iowa
    Posts: 7727
    June 4, 2011 at 6:26 pm #971008

    You can tell how far along the females are by looking at the arteries that are in the wall of the egg sack. As the eggs progress in ripeness they turn a deeper more pronounced yellow instead of a lighter paler yellow and the arteries are larger and you can see more blood in them. I never looked that close but I think theres one main blood arterie that feeds the sack, with a few smaller ones. Right befor they spawn the eggs are a rich deep yellow with a real pronounced red arterie and have grown to atleast 3 too 4 times the size of the paler smaller eggs of just a few weeks earlier. You can tell when thier ready to spawn by how much blood is in the arterie and how deep yellow the eggs are, they look really ripe and ready to be laid.

    joshbjork
    Center of Iowa
    Posts: 727
    June 4, 2011 at 6:44 pm #971010

    And if you don’t want to hatchett them open, you’ll see pics online of the latest catches and they will be all beat up.

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25025
    June 4, 2011 at 8:41 pm #971019

    The males are pretty easy to catch when they are done. Just use a towel as bait.

    What? Too far?

    grumpy
    Iowa, Clinton
    Posts: 489
    June 4, 2011 at 11:54 pm #971026

    smoke & a beer, or cigar

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