I am always up for fishing, but I do not go south. I usually have room in the boat when I go to the St Croix though. If anyone feels the need to catch a four footer I can make that happen and have the tackle to handle them in the river.
Hey that sounds like fun man, and it's high time we got together again. I have a can of Varget for you to replace your powder we used working up that load for my 99. I'm down to a little over half a box left and was wondering if I could con you into loading me another box. I've always wanted to spend some time on the St. Croix. Hope we can make this happen.
I can always be talked into loading. I remember giving you the specs on the load, but I do not remember putting it into my load book. Be sure to bring that info with. Better yet, send it to me in a PM. I only have a couple-three 300 Savage brass. If you can find any new brass in a store somewhere that would be really good. How come you need more ammo? I have only heard about a couple of deer you killed since we loaded that stuff You should be able to get a dozen-fifteen deer out of a box, it's not like you're shooting a Remington 740.
It will be a shorter drive to go fishing, we only have to go a little ways north of my house. All you will need is to be able to handle a bait casting rig (Ambassadeur reel) with a big Rapala I can put you in the right place and handle the boat which can get to be important if one of those big muskies decided to go down river. You'll need an ultra light spinning rig with 4 lb test line for walleyes and small mouth and I will PM you about what baits you will need. I do not kill muskies, but I will take pictures. What I use for larger fish is 10 lb line and a moderate casting rod in case you have one of them you'd prefer to use. The only bait you'll need for the muskies is the musky size silver Rapala with the black scale finish.
If you really want to learn how to fish that river it might be better to go on the lower St Croix, but the muskies are less predictable down there. I fish the upper river a lot more and because I am almost exclusively fishing walleyes and small mouth I have learned which places to avoid if I don't want my Rapalas chopped off or my dinner eaten by those damn things.