help with markland dam

[crazyfishinnut]

I was thinking of getting some saugwer time in thanksgiving morning while the wifeys are cooking. I use to go up into the clsed gates and have a feild day. Can we still go up there or do they run you off now. meldahl use to,let you fish the locks and not the gates is that still the same are they hitting a spoon good yet?

[bigrod]

last time i was there which was probably a month ago there were a couple boats up in two of the closed gates with nothing said for hours. Time before that water patrol was called on us and three other boats who were about 5 feet past the red line, not even close to up in a gate catching whites on every cast and guy came out told us to back up. $250.00 fine from what i heard because we passed water patrol when we went down river to catch bait and other boats stayed. we got back to go catfishing, water patrol gone and other boats with tickets. Hope that was clear as mud.

[Bassky]

I went fishing Sat down on the river, Meldahl dam. Yes I did, can you believe that?
Got to the ramp and looked out on the river, 2-3' footers whitecaps, wind blowing
about 15-20 mph, 42 degrees, raining, UGH!
However we did manage 15 sauger and 1 nice walleye. But, only 5 were keepers.
Caught them all jigging spoons in 20' of water. Fished from 2:30- 5:30 pm.
Bassky