thats right, i'm keeping that gem all to myself!!!!!!! actually the water quality has greatly improved the past 10 years. dont forget about the abundant catfish in the chain along with the newly stocked muskie. this river is fished hard fishing opener for eyes also! the carp also take a liking to the river. the chain is also listed as one of the top 10 bass lakes in minnesota.

my experience with this river? well, let me tell ya! i grew up 1 city block from it and my grandparents lived on it and actually watered there lawn from the river. man did they have an awesome green lawn. and from there did we fish bullheads during the summer months. think we made our parents broke paying an elderly gentlemen to smoke them. it was also fun landing them big ole carp!

in my high school days, myself and a high school buddy that lived on the river by rockville fished it a lot. we even found a hole and plucked 11 eyes out of it. we even set up a spearhouse on it before  G-N-P  was there. we seen some biggins, carp nords and eyes. also was a good duck and goose hunting area. and lets not forget the heron rookery before they bailed out.

after high school, i bought a canoe with my grad money and we canoed this river often. going from richmond to cold spring, then on differnent occasions from cold spring to st cloud. depending on how high the water was took from 2 1/2 hours to as muck as 5-6 hours with a lot of times hitting the bottom. musta been all the  in the canoe!

SO ,yes shane, before i knew better i did fish a river once in a while!!!!!!!!!  

oh nooooooo!!!!!!! one of you's lived close to me!!!!!!!!!!! OMG!!!!!!!!!

and by the way, thank you mr DB2, i will take that as a well rehearsed complement!!!!!!!!!

that could be that everyone from cold springs related, cept for one thing. i aint from there!! just moved there! i be from 5 miles west!!!!! and how lucky could DB2 be!!!!!!!!!

If yah look close they all do resemble that banjo playin kid in the movie deliverence.I know now yer thinkin "DO THEY SQUEEL LIKE PIGS THO"   Well that I dont know,theyhave mentioned pig huntin tho??