Mississippi River - Champlin to Coon Rapids

Published: Nov 1, 2018Updated: Nov 17, 2025

Species

Smallmouth Bass

Season

Summer (Current)

17 Fishing Reports

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Mississippi River - Champlin to Coon Rapids Overview

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Swim Jigs
2
Bladed Jigs
1
Hard Body Swimbaits
1
Hard Topwater (Prop)
1
Shallow Diving Crankbaits (0-6')
1

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Fishing Reports

17 Reports on Mississippi River - Champlin to Coon Rapids

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Jack Griffith
Silver Ambassador
8/24/22
- Species
  Smallmouth Bass
- Season
  Summer
- Technique
  Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
- Structure
  Boulders
- Forage
  Minnows
switched things up a bit earlier in this week. For a stretch of time, I was exclusively throwing a mini chatter bait and it was working well for me. We caught a ton of fish on that bait and my buddy kept throwing the mini chatter and caught the biggest smallie of the day on the mini chatter bait. I like to experiment with various baits to keep in my back pocket on tougher days. I wanted to try a different technique to see if I could get a bite going. I was throwing a zoom super fluke in pearl white, and that bait was hammering fish. I was rigging the fluke upside down so the hook pocket on the belly of the bait hid the hook point a bit. I wasn't worried about snagging on things so I didn't want to Texas rig the bait to prolong its life a little more. The great thing about this bait was its ability to skip under just about anything and not get snagged up. With this rig I was able to get my casts real deep under brush and trees up close to the bank and that's where a lot of my bites came off from. Many lures wouldn't be able to get back to the corners I was able to hit which I feel made this bait really shine in some locations.
PJ
Gold Ambassador
8/21/23
- Species
  Smallmouth Bass
- Season
  Summer
- Technique
  Crankbaits 0-6'
- Structure
  River Channels
- Forage
  Minnows
- Water Temperature
  80°
Water was very low, bass were stacked up in a small river channel off the main channel. 4-6 feet of water
Joe Hobbs
Gold Ambassador
8/27/24
- Species
  Smallmouth Bass
- Season
  Summer
- Technique
  Swim Jigs
- Structure
  Boulders
Fish were caught casting shoreline with slack water upstream from the Champlin bridge. Best 5 around 15lbs