grew up myself fishing the red and all i caught were bullheads, carp, goldeneye, catfish and sheepshead. But i was a kid who used a rusted lug nut for a weight and strictly worms.
I joined the military out of high school and said goodbye to the red river and now i have returned 40 years later and i tried to fish it last fall but other than a couple northerns following my spinner to shore i caught nothing.
I tried jerkbaits and square bills rubbing the concrete slabs placed below the south dam while reeling in, then plastic craws because i always caught craws on my worms as a kid.
I threw alot of baits out ther but no luck but again this was late fall and where the pike are holed up i dont know as thats what i was wanting to catch. Yes i did get snagged and lost a couple lures.
Many serious walleye guys are out in the evening into the dark by the north and south d**n trying for walleyes even last week before the cold spell the water was still open below the damns and a couple guys were fishin and the one guy claims he caught a 13 lb walleye in october.
I watched a guy catching golden eye this summer one after the other on a small tiny hook using worms and he had a 5 gallon bucket half full of them and according to the internet they are eatin by many people and taste good.
This spring i will try the river for pike after the spawn and maybe have some fun. Between the snags and the muddy looking waters in the summer is why i head out to the detroit lakes becker county area to fish for bass and pike.
grew up myself fishing the red and all i caught were bullheads, carp, goldeneye, catfish and sheepshead. But i was a kid who used a rusted lug nut for a weight and strictly worms.
I joined the military out of high school and said goodbye to the red river and now i have returned 40 years later and i tried to fish it last fall but other than a couple northerns following my spinner to shore i caught nothing.
I tried jerkbaits and square bills rubbing the concrete slabs placed below the south dam while reeling in, then plastic craws because i always caught craws on my worms as a kid.
I threw alot of baits out ther but no luck but again this was late fall and where the pike are holed up i dont know as thats what i was wanting to catch. Yes i did get snagged and lost a couple lures.
Many serious walleye guys are out in the evening into the dark by the north and south d**n trying for walleyes even last week before the cold spell the water was still open below the damns and a couple guys were fishin and the one guy claims he caught a 13 lb walleye in october.
I watched a guy catching golden eye this summer one after the other on a small tiny hook using worms and he had a 5 gallon bucket half full of them and according to the internet they are eatin by many people and taste good.
This spring i will try the river for pike after the spawn and maybe have some fun. Between the snags and the muddy looking waters in the summer is why i head out to the detroit lakes becker county area to fish for bass and pike.