centerville in the pm

[repoman]

i will be out on centerville in the am , my brother in law went out from the boat launch in the park and said he hammered the crappies , some nice 10-11 inchers
got a few pike too ... anyone comeing out this way let me know

651-500-7555 -joe (aka repoman)

[repoman]

i will be heading put to centerville tonight , right out from the boat launch in the park reserve

[Super Star!]

is that by the old Water works night club thingy

[Mayfly]

is that by the old Water works night club thingy

Exactly. That is Centerville on that side of the road and Peltier is on the other side.

[Super Star!]

When i was a yungster i plucked alot of chicks outa that place  lol  the good old days  was kinda a dive is it still that way?? last i had heard it was closed?

[Randy Kaar]

when i used to hang out there, it was twin lakes bar.
right up the road, was or is kellys and sherms trio
bars. the good old days!

randy aka bh

[kenhuntin]

Waterworks is closed and I thought the road to the county park was also. With the no parking by the waterworks and road there how are you guys getting on?

[Spinach]

I'm on my way there now, I'll let you know the parking situation later tonight. I just talked with Repo on the phone and he said they were parking at Waterworks, but there were a lot of cars on the ice.

Not me!!! I'll park and walk otherwise I'll go across the road to Peltier.

[Spinach]

No problem driving down the road to Waterworks, the bar is closed but there is still parking for maybe a dozen trucks, maybe more? The park gate was closed and I'm not sure of the staus there, but i would guess it will not be open until the main road is opened again. Maybe they open it on weekdays and Saturday though?

A lot of people were driving on the lake in full sized trucks, not a good idea when there was only 9 inches of ice and 4 inches of slushy snow on top.

I'll stick to walking on for a while!!!

[kenhuntin]

Thanks Pat
 My neighbor was down there this summer and talked with one of the local militia and I am under the impression that parking wasn't allowed at waterworks but who knows? I would like to get back down there I aint been on centerville since this spring. Was your trip productful?

[Spinach]

When I arrived, there was around 6-7 vehicles in the lot and another half dozen on the ice, the access was in great shape too. Didn't see any no parking signs anywhere either. I left the lake at 10:30 pm and i was the only one in the lot besides Repoman, they stayed longer than I did.

On the fishing side, the Crappies bit all night long, more if you were moving around. They seemed to be on the move, I'd catch a couple and then nothing for 10-15 minutes, catch 1 or 2 more and nothing again, that went on all night. I constantly read fish on the LX5 though.

Nothing of any size though, most were half pound only, I did get one sunfish too, no Walleyes. Plenty of action, but nothing of any size. I released all my fish and will be trying again tomorrow, maybe somewhere else. Most were caught on minnows and a white or red Frostee. I did catch a few with some red Gulp.

[repoman]

ill wait to fish centerville again late ice ! bite was great we only kept a dozen or so 9-10 ichers couple 11's but nothing to write home about had one walleye darn near up the hole before he spit the hook out  looked to be decent , we left shortly after around 1am ... good action but no limit .... oh well
so where to tommorow pat ?

[wallander]

i live in  international falls and wouldnt mind traveling to some of these lakes for crappies or whatever with my son . would like to learn where some good crappie lakes are. and im hopeing that camp jigglestick produces fish ive been emailing  dave and he seems to be a really down to earth guy i just hope we get on the fish the weekend were there but other than that if someone was kind enough to maybe show me around in there territory i would like to meet new people... let me know if anyone is interested and when maybe something will work out thanks .
shane

[repoman]

from what i here you cant go wrong with jigglestick