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kngfsher12
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The walleye bite has really turned off for a few of us, or are having trouble getting some keepers. Any ideas on where they went and how to get them to bite?
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Muskies and PIke first, pannies and eyes second, bass and cats a distant third.
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Briank
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kngfsher12,
Turk just posted a July 4th update in the St Croix Forum..and others responded. Also JJrooked has a thread going there too.
Minnesota/St Croix River Forum >>Click Here<<
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Steve DeMars
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Today the St Croix is at 676 feet (normal pool is 675.5') and the water temp is 76 degrees. Your previous success was at high water conditions and those conditions have changed significantly. I wiould recommend following Turk's advice in his last post - "July 4th Quick Repo".
As Turk reported: "fish are active in 18 to 22 feet on livebait crawlers and leeches on rigs and spinners. These game fish are starting to relate to the now larger young of the year shad."
The key to finding fish this time of year and under these conditions will now shift to finding shad. The shad schools will start to show up on your electronics or the gulls will clue you in. Find the shad and you will find the fish.
I'm been chasing cats upstream without much success either but it is time to shift down into the big lake. I'll be looking for shad and trying to find fish drifting. Time to drag bait slowly along the 1st breakline and find roving fish chasing the shad schools.
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jjkrooked
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If you think you are on a good area work it. Friday I had to work for the fish I caught but they were well worth it. I did have to fish a new spot I never fished before so that could have made alot of difference also. I was out with my brother today. We worked a few of the "common spots" with a few shorts. Smallies were INHALING paddle tails being drifted. I think if you were fishing this weekend there was ALOT of commotion on the river so that may have affected or slowed the bite.
All in all have confidence in your spot, be patient and as Turk noted in his live bait rigging post always be ready for any type of bite wether it be just a slight little nibble or a serious hardcore hit you just never know when it is going to happen 
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kngfsher12
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thanks for the advice
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