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| Does anyone here ever go fishing in urban areas? I believe many people on the board travel for hours and hours to the lakes, but maybe some of you can fish for musky in some urban lakes as well? I read on some other board that some guy thinks Lake Harriet in Minneapolis has "some of the best muskies in the state", for example.
There's a river going straight through the neighborhood (suburb) just a five minute walk away from my house, and I've been fishing there for many years. Just a few yards away there are people's backyards and streets so it feels kinda funny in a way but I like fishing there, its a good place for northern pike among other species. Anyone else with similar experiences? |
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| Downtown Toronto, Ontario has FANTASTIC bass and pike fishing within eyes view of the CN Tower. Whenever I catch something down there, ppl think I'm lying..there can't be fish there...lol |
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| Detroit has world class walleye, smallmouth and muskie fishing. |
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| There is very good fishing in urban Minneapolis. I used to fish Lake Harriet once a week minimum until it got too crowded. The greater metro area has something like 20 muskie lakes. It's nice to be able to hit the water after work without too much trouble |
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| detroit river and lake st clair offers world class fishing. you can boat tremendous amounts of species from shore and near shore. i have personally seen fish over 50 inches caught from the docks and breakwalls. thanks to cpr we have it made. |
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Location: Hoboken, NJ / North Webster, IN | I know this is only partially related, but there is some excellent striped bass, bluefish, flounder, and Tautog fishing in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty out here. You could also leave from downtown Manhatten travel a few hours out to sea and be into Tuna, Marlin, Dolphin(dorado), sharks, etc.... I was shocked to learn all this when I first moved out here 8 years ago. There is usually even a Tarpon siting once a year out in Long Island during late August.
Josh
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| Madison,WI has some great fishing for all species including 'skis.
I used to fish there more but actually, for me part of the lure of fishing is "getting away" from the urban areas.
Scott
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Downtown Rhinelander, Boom Lake! |
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Location: Contrarian Island | if you look over on the right side that is the capitol in the background...Madison, WI...there are lots of nice fish in downtown Madison...I really like fishing the john nolen weedline in the summer...for the scenery on the path! those who fish it know what I mean...
I don't mind the urban setting...as I can get up north and get away from the crowds quite a bit...
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Location: searchin for 50 | Where's the visor BN BOOYAH |
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| Booyaahhhh! Brrrr cold, windy, rainy that day.... |
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| Did you call in the tag # on that fish? |
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| I think we tried to look at the number but the tag was all bent and we couldn't read it...or we just spaced and forgot to...I'd like to catch her again this year if she is in there...that was Oct of 2004!!
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| In my part of the country some of the best fishing action there is can be found in urban areas. I live in Cleveland and the walleye and smallmouth action around the waters off Cleveland is outstanding with many of the areas getting outstanding steelhead runs as well. For muskies the areas around Detroit as well as Buffalo produce some of the action there is for both numbers and size. The Buffalo area annually produces many fish in the forty pound class and 50 pounders are out there. The Detroit river may be the best multi-species spot in the country for muskie, smallmouth, walleye, and perch. These areas do recieve considerable pressure but in general the water is so big there is plenty of area for everyone. |
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Location: Stevens Point, WI | The Wisconsin River right here in Stevens Point offers quality muskie fishing. It keeps getting better and better every year. |
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Location: Eau Claire, Wisconsin | good fishing in the eau claire chippewa falls area muskie/pike included. some nice lakes and rivers in middle of town to do some fishing from shore or a boat.
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| Fox River- right in the middle of G.B.
Pewaukee/SE Wisc/Milwaukee area lakes.
Edited by greenduck 2/2/2007 10:21 AM
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Location: New Berlin,Wisconsin,53151 | Fox river in Green Bay is producing some nice fish.....opps did I say that, I meant to say Strugen Bay............. |
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| Netman- you would actually be right. I caught my first two muskies ever in the Sturgeon Bay area back in 1994. |
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| urban lakes/ponds are some of my favorite places to go just 'cause they're close and hardly fished at all. Theres a pond up the road from me about 1/2 the size of a football field that holds 18" smallmouth, plenty of panfish and many notherns including a 43" bruiser. Another small lake about 4 mins. away holds plenty of fish. Its a little bit larger than the other one but still big by no means. some buds and i hit it up with some tip ups over the weekend. we had the whole lake pegged out and caught probably 15 northerns. not bad for an urban pond!
Edited by BIGwiFISH 2/9/2007 2:30 PM
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| I wish my lakes had 18 foot smallmouths in them! |
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