More Than Just a Boat Ride!
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
HE GREAT FREE Alma T Fishing Float Mississippi River Fishing News 2016 FLOAT OPENS More than just a boat ride! When you need a place to take a break from work or the daily grind gets you down it’s time to put FRIDAY your troubles aside and get to Alma for a day or two of relaxation on the Alma Fishing Float. You can be a professional or a first time fisherman and have a great time catching and learning to catch a MARCH 25 huge variety of fish. Fish for 12 hours or 2 it’s up to you which is what you get for the $18 fee. This fee includes a boat ride to and from the fishing float and Alma and also includes the use of nets, buckets, benches, restrooms, and our 30 years of float fishing expertise. Daytime hours are 6am to 2016 6pm with no reservations needed. If you’re up for a bit more adventure try booking an overnight stay on the Alma Float and enjoy a beautiful evening on the Mississippi. FISH Call for details. ALL DAY FOR ONLY $ 00 18 A beautiful blue sunny day and catching a big northern on the Alma Fishing Float. It Hours doesn’t get any better than this! 6:00 A.M. to You never know what you’re going 6:00 P.M. to catch when fishing below the No dams on the Mississippi river. There are many, many species and a lot of reservations them grow big. Chuck Girtman from needed. Osseo makes it over to the float sever- al times a month to wet a line, and Need a place where the whole family can fish together? on this day at the end of March while Spend a day at the Great Alma Fishing Float! Plenty of fishing for “fish”, Chuck battled this space to move around, different water depths and big smallie to the net, got a quick pic, conditions for many species of fish, bait, tackle, snacks and let her go back! available on site, and a great view! Check out our facebook site for latest reports and photos. Vol. 26 #1 www.almafishingfloat.com Fishing Report 608-685-FISH (3474) Tim: 651-380-5322 [email protected] Jim: 651-380-7296 REQUESTED RETURN SERVICE SERVICE RETURN Alma, WI 54610 WI Alma, S1667 State Rd 35 Rd State S1667 Great Alma Fishing Float Fishing Alma Great 2 – The Great Alma Fishing Float 2016 Spend a night on the Float! While the daytime fishing is a lot of fun, the Great Alma Fishing Float also offers an exciting nighttime fishing experience! We have 3 separate rooms that can accommodate 10 people. Our rooms are equipped with mattresses, electric lights, heat and AC. Bring your own bedding, necessary clothing, fishing gear, food and drinks. You can also bring charcoal and use our grills if you want. Spending a night on the Float is great for families or a group of friends who want to spend time together fishing the mighty Mississippi. You can make reservations right on the float, or call us anytime. Night Fishing Rates March, April, October - 4 bunk rooms - $152/night, + $38 per each extra person 2 bunk room - $ 72/night, +$38 per each extra person May thru September - $38 per person. Check in - 3pm till 6pm, when we close for the day. Check out - 9am. Dave Blodgett joined his brother Pat for their annual night fishing get together NOTE - The regular $18 fishing fee will be charged if you plan on in late March. These guys are all experienced float fisherman and this was Dave’s fishing during the day. first time, but that didn’t stop him from catching the largest walleye of the trip, a 10-plus pounder! We are fortunate to see a lot of large northern pike caught on the Alma Float which is due to the location we are on, on the Mississippi. Located 300 feet below the #4 lock and dam and in or on the edge of the main current flow makes it ideal for varieties of fish species, and when you have small fish around it’s dinner time for the big ones. For this group of overnighters every year they swing in for a few nights of fun on the Alma Fishing Float. Out come the crock pots full of homemade venison stew or chili. The coolers of their favorite cocktails.(mostly milk and Kool-Aid) and an ap- Chuck Nichols brings petite for fishing, and fish they do. his friends and Big walleye are always a favorite family a few times but anything that bites is part of each year from the the fun being it perch, northern, or Milwaukee area suckers. This year the perch came and enjoys some in force all spring and into the sum- relaxing and exciting mer and as usual the girls came days. Here he holds through with the jumbo walleye. up a big northern he caught usually fishing with a sucker minnow on the bottom. Check out the fishing forecast any time at Another professional spring walleye www.almafishingfloat.com fisherman shows us how its done. The Great Alma Fishing Float 2016 – 3 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY Great Alma Fishing Float owners Tim and Jim Lodermeier are looking for someone to take over a great fishing business. The Alma Float has been around since 1947 and still going strong. The Lodermeiers have owned the business for 30 years and are ready to pass it on. This is a great op- portunity to become your own boss and meet people from all over the country. This is not your normal daily grind of a job. You will start early, enjoy a great sunrise over Alma, operate a shuttle boat to pick up cus- tomers thru the day, grab a pole and check out the bite (this is called guiding). Sell some bait, tackle, and food. grab a pole again, and so on. The season goes from the end of March to the end of October or when you choose. If you are interested call us at 651-380-5322 or 651-380-7296 KNOW THE Senior Discount LAWS! We get asked many times through the year Every Thursday! about limits, lengths, and what rules apply to This year, seniors that are 60 anglers on the float. We are located on the and over will get a Minnesota-Wisconsin boundary waters. If you’re a resident of either state and are 16 or older, $ you need a license from that state. 3.00 discount If you’re a non- MN-WI resident, you can use a fishing every Thursday that we’re open. license from either state. Now, that being said, because we are located on the MN side of the main Mississippi chan- nel, only the MN laws and rules apply. Here are some of the main differences: • No more than 2 rods can be used per person in The Great… Minnesota, 3 rods per person in Wisconsin. • Bluegill/sunfish have a 25 fish daily limit. Alma Fishing FloatNEWS 2016 • You cannot use gamefish for bait (bluegill, bass, sau- ger, etc.) Yes, put me on your mailing list. FREE • Walleye/sauger daily limit is 6 combined. Walleye have to be 15” or more. No size limit on sauger. Name __________________________________________________ • Large & smallmouth bass daily limit is 5, and they need Address ________________________________________________ to be 14” or more. _______________________________________________________ • Fish have to be hooked in the mouth. Snagged fish need to be released. Send to: If you have any questions, please feel free to ask, better The Great Alma Fishing Float • S1647 State Rd 35, Alma, WI 54610 safe than sorry! 4 – The Great Alma Fishing Float 2016 While spring means big, prespawn wall- eyes to many anglers, another species has been taking some of the spotlight. For the last 5 or 6 years, fishing for early sea- son perch has been coming on strong, and many are big. We see 13- to 14-inch fish every spring, with an average of 10 to 11 inches. Make sure to check the Alma Float face book page for the most recent Scheel’s pro staffer Frank Herald decided to treat the boys fishing reports once to an overnight trip on the float looking to catch a few we open. cats. Fishing for cats is a lot of fun, with pretty good action throughout the summer. Cast out a rubber cat worm cov- ered with stink bait on a heavy river rig, put the pole in a holder, then wait for the bite. As you can see, the boys did their job well and are all smiles! “Hey, nice fish Delbert!” Nothing to it, he says. Along When the bite is on, the bite is on! The post spawn pike were This we will call “Steve’s Northern Slayers”. A fair name for these with his big northern, blue- hungry and in good numbers last year from mid April all the way fair weather float fellows from the Racine-Milwaukee area. A great gills, perch, bass, and saugers through May. These guys got serious using sucker minnows and showing of a days catch of northern pike they captured on a made up the catch for Delbert ended up with a nice limit. adventure they partook in last summer. and crew. Make sure to check Northern pike can be the Alma Float Facebook caught most any time of year, but April and page to see the latest May seem to be the fishing reports! best months to really get into them.