Lake Saint Croix
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Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
62°
Species
WalleyeSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Trolling 10-19'
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Perch
Water Temperature
65°
We trolled for walleyes without any results, although I lost a nice one at the boat. We caught some nice smallmouth bass, though.
Species
WalleyeSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Trolling 10-19'
Structure
Ledges
Water Temperature
66°
Fish are everywhere in current and ledges on the Croix as seen on the ekectronics, but the frustrating thing is you don't know what they are. A drop shot with chunk of crawler or minnow however is always good at enticing multiple species to bite. In this case, drum were everywhere and guess what, they look and behave just like walleye on the electronics. To top it off, walleye and drum freely mix in the same habitats and you'll catch 5-6 drum for every walleye. Still, trolling with lead core and flicker shad crank baits at 20ft depth was the best tactic to get a better ratio of walleye to drum. We caught a handful of walleye and sauger but they were almost all less than 15 inches. Trolling success should only get better during the next months as walleye move into late spring/summer pattern
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Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Rip Rap
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
61°
Species
WalleyeSeason
Summer
Technique
Trolling 10-19'
Structure
Ledges
Walleye are on the chew if you can precisely dial in their behaviors and get the right bait and presentation in front of them. Trolling flicker shads with 200 ft of braid on a line counter or 100 ft on lead core banging the sand bottom until meandering off shoreline ledges has been productive. The walleye sit on the ledges looking up for bait fish swimming off the ledge and then attack! No other live bait technique has been producing for my party lately.
Species
White BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Water Temperature
62°
Fished the Saint croix river at William Obrien state park. Slow day but was able to catch 10 using the mega bass 110 jr jerk bait. Cast down stream and jerk it back upstream. Seems like most of the fish are post spawn now. Catching mainly males.
Species
WalleyeSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Vertical Jigging 10-19'
Structure
Humps
Forage
Shad
Fishing Report - St. Croix River - 5/26/2021 Today out on the St. Croix River. Fishing was fantastic with Walleye's, Saugers, Big White Bass, Smallmouth Bass and Northern Pike being caught with of course our fare share of Drum being caught. It started out as a tough day with winds gusting 25mph out of the north and temperature dropping as the day progressed. All fish were caught in the 20 - 25 FOW range. 1/4 oz Jig and Minnow was used. Another great day on the Croix. Keep those lines tight
Species
WalleyeSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Live Bait Rigs
Structure
Ledges
Forage
Minnows
Catching Walleye on 14' ledges with Lindy Rigs with a leech. Slow dragging along the 14' contour lines.
Species
WalleyeSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Crankbaits 7'-12'
Structure
River Channels
Forage
Perch
Water Temperature
58°
We trolled the river channel with number 5 and number 7 Berkeley Flicker Shads. Five walleye above the 15 inch minimum were landed. All five fish were between 15 1/2 and 16 inches.
