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jdnoble	October 29 2009 10:25AM (Read 1519 times)
Status: offline Registered: 05/04/09 Posts: 5	So I must have dyslexic fishing abilities. I read up on walleye fishing and those Gulp Alive minnows and thought I'd give them a shot. My brother, nephew and I headed out to the Saylorville dam to the DSM river first but it was closed last weekend so we tried the dam from Big Creek to Saylorville. Using the Gulp Alive minnows and casting into the dam my brother hooked about 7 fat kitties. I wasn't skunked but I only caught 1 striper. My nephew even out-fished me with about 10 small stripers using a worm and bobber. We didn't catch a single walleye either. I still wouldn't trade the experience for anything, and I thought you guys might enjoy the photos! Sorry but they were taken with a camera phone. Next time I'm bringing a spare bag to pick up some trash - that place was horribly littered! This guy looks skinny!
cluck	October 29 2009 01:30PM
Chatty Status: offline Registered: 06/08/05 Posts: 176	Nice job on the fall cats! Looks like a blast, I love the pic of the little guy holding that big ol' cat. I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know.-Cicero
Backlash	October 29 2009 02:44PM
Senior Member Status: offline Registered: 10/10/05 Posts: 2820	Good job on the fish. The best time to find a walleye or 2 down there is real early in the spring when the ice is just going out. It is tough for eyes there. There needs to be heavey waterflow early to draw them in. The best year for eyes I saw down there was spring 2001 after record snowfall over the winter. Lots of water moving early. both of these fish came frome the spillway and you can see 4-10 and 3-29 for dates on the photos. A lot more fish came out of there that spring up to almost 10lbs that I know of. Some people are like Slinkies. Not really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs
gburns11	November 03 2009 11:06AM
Chatty Status: offline Registered: 11/03/09 Posts: 162	What is the best way to get to the spillway from say I-35?
holdem	November 03 2009 12:21PM
Regular Contributor Status: online Registered: 08/10/06 Posts: 384	Quote by: gburns11 What is the best way to get to the spillway from say I-35? You cant get there from there....
Duke2	November 03 2009 02:48PM
Regular Contributor Status: offline Registered: 11/03/09 Posts: 288	MapQuest the Kum n Go in Polk City. Go N until you see the steepled church on the left and go W on the road in front of the church. It's better to have it and not need it; then it is to need it and not have it.
gburns11	November 03 2009 06:20PM
Chatty Status: offline Registered: 11/03/09 Posts: 162	thanks and excuse me for my ignorance...but is the spillway on the southwest end just northeast of the damn???
Duke2	November 04 2009 11:56AM
Regular Contributor Status: offline Registered: 11/03/09 Posts: 288	If you're looking for the Big Creek spillway it's NE of the dam. It's better to have it and not need it; then it is to need it and not have it.
jdnoble	November 05 2009 01:54PM
Status: offline Registered: 05/04/09 Posts: 5	Quote by: Duke2 MapQuest the Kum n Go in Polk City. Go N until you see the steepled church on the left and go W on the road in front of the church. I usually go to the other side because that road is rutted out if you don't have a truck. The other way is to continue on down the road past Kum & Goand over the bridge just past the Big Creek par enterance. Take the first left after the bridge. At the 'T', turn left again and follow that road all the way and you'll be at the top of the spillway. The only thing with this route is there's a big hill to climb down first.

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