I talked a few of my friends into splitting gas and heading to the Root with the lure of catching 20 - inch fish.

We made it out of Winona at 2.00pm after increasing our crawler count to six dozen.

We stopped at the Peterson canoe landing to find a chalky brown stream.

We stopped at Gilbertson to find fish holding in the tail of the stream in the clearwater by the dozens. Vanessa found a tick on her pant leg.

We headed west to Eagle Cliff where we sat until nearly dark. We used up six dozen crawlers and caught dozens of fish; Silver Redhorse, up to 23-inches, Shorthead Redhorse, Golden Redhorse, White Suckers, Northern Hog Suckers, Mooneye, and Brown Trout.

The stream was cloudy however seemed to be clearing on the edges. The flow was strong and required lots of lead to hold the crawler in place.

I put the photos from the day here.

Enjoy!

Hey E.Sub..no pictures.

Just spent 6 days camping around SE MN, and fished the Root some to the East. Lower river. River has been dropping steadily, looks like perfect condtions for the Roundup barring any major storms. Highlights for me from the Root would include a 25" Shovelnose Sturgeon, 25" Silver, and a 19" Brown. We didn't see very fast action, but landed some great fish. Also caught Golden, Shorthead, Mooneye, Drum, Silver Chub. Some big Silvers in the lower river right now, almost all were 23.5" +. Got a gobbler and fished a caddis hatch, I'll ut up some photos on the weblog when I get time.......~andy

I am excited to hear Mooneye mentioned several times here!
Thats one for my Life list as well.

I cant wait

Hey E. Subvaria - great Root photos - especially liked the decent hog sucker. It was great to meet you at the Roundup.

Best of luck fishing this summer. Keep posting updates.

Roughfishopen