I checked out a small steam entering Wall Lake and there were numerous
spawning White Suckers. I took my 4X4 seine through and caught a lot of
Iowa Darters (they still weren't real bright) and one Johnny Darter. There
were also a lot of Brook Sticklebacks, Blacknose Shiners, and a few Creek
Chubs.
Near Alexandria there was a stream coming out of Lake Miltona and it was
full of large spawning Walleyes. Thankfully the area was marked off as off
limits to boating and fishing until the end of June.
The next day I travelled further north between Detroit Lakes and Park
Rapids. Here there was more ice on the lakes and still some patches of snow
still in the woods. At Long Lake near park rapids it did a little Crappie
fishing and ending up hooking into a Largemouth Bass. Some small Black
Crappies were being pulled out but I didn't get any. There were clouds of
small fish throughout the shallows of the lake and I netted a some to see if
I could identify them. There were small, rather slender and silvery
cyprinids about an inch or so long. I'm not sure what they were, Emerald or
Mimic Shiners perhaps? I saw several Yellow Perch and one spawning Walleye
in the shallows.
Later I went to the close to the headwaters of the Ottertail River and ran
my seine throught the edges of a large pool. Iowa Darters and Blacknose
Shiners were abundant. I also got Blackchin Shiners, Golden Shiners, Common
Shiners, some small Yellow Perch and Johnny Darters. In the deeper waters I
could see large White Suckers. While seining a beaver came crashing out of
the weeds between my dog and me and jumped into the water. It didn't stick
around, fortunately as I was afraid my beagle would chase it into the water.
There was also a porcupine in a small tree next to the pool.
Mark Otnes
Fargo ND
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