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| Some buddies and I are considering doing something out of the usual for opener this year. Thinking of doing a float down the Namekagon river about 10-12 miles up and float down/camp till we reach Danbury off the St. Croix.
Anyone have any experience with this area? Is it worth it or just hit some of the area lakes? Floating a river for Musky will be a new experience for all of us so I am open to any suggestions/tips!
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Location: Black Creek, WI | I have no experience with that water... but would encourage you to do it. Exploring and doing something "new" is where your best memories in the sport will be made. You may strike gold, you may not. That's part of the fun. Good luck. |
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| Not many muskies in that stretch, mostly smallmouth and a few very large brown trout. The Yellow River west of Spooner is a better bet to find muskies, but not as nice of a float in my opinion. More marsh and rice beds with less current on the Yellow, where the Namekagon is sand and rock with faster current. |
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| I assume you're referring to the stretch between Spooner and Rice lake? or after Rice lake? I've kayaked the yellow and its a pretty boring ride but if there's fish there's fish. Have you fished the stretch I mentioned in my first post?
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Location: north central wisconsin | every trip to Duluth/northern MN, has had me salivating over that stretch as I cross it. Every time fishing that area, we hit something else. Give it a go. Best not to report back here with your findings if they're really good. Good luck. |
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| I've fished the Trego Flowage part of the river for over 25 years. The last 10 years or so the population has been down. I would assume the population in the river would be the same. That said, it is a very scenic stretch of river and I would highly reccommend floating it. There are plenty of fish in it, maybe not so many muskies. Good Luck. |
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| I canoe-camped the stretch from Trego down past Danbury to St.Croix state park more than a dozen times in the mid-late 90s. Easy paddling, great campsites, beautiful area. This trip is worth doing just for the trip itself; where else are you going to go that you can cover that much water without encountering houses and docks and boats? That early in the year there should be very few others canoeing as well. There were definitely muskies present, including some big fish, just not very common. If you catch a muskie it's a bonus; you will catch smallies and pike while you're at it.
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| Thanks for the info guys, changing the plans a little but still planning on doing the float but just float for the fun of it, and not on opener! |
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Location: WI | Nothing wrong with a smallie float trip. |
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| Emptynet - 1/27/2016 9:16 PM
Nothing wrong with a smallie float trip.
Not at all, just not on musky opener! |
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| caught many fish on the trego down part of the river. have only seen 1 musky. very pretty float though. |
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Namekagon River Float