Mississippi River (Monticello to St. Cloud)
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Mississippi River (Monticello to St. Cloud) Fishing Reports
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Smallmouth BassTechniqueNed RigsSeasonSpring (Spawn)StructureRock PileNed is always great this time of year on the river. Guaranteed to get bites boucning off rocks.
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueNed RigsSeasonSpring (Spawn)StructureBoulders
Loving the river height right now. An area I’ve bank fished before is submerged and knowing it’s a big stretch of rocks that’s where I found the smallies. Slowly dragging the ned rig on the bottom with slight pauses and jerks.
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueWacky RigsSeasonSpring (Spawn)StructureLedges
We fished the river south of St Cloud. While the river was high and the current was fast, we were able to find enough still water and plenty of smallies. Topwater worked for some guys, and a couple of us did very well using wacky and jigs. Green colors always seem to work best. The water was stained but not too cloudy.
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueHard Topwater (Prop)SeasonSpring (Post-Spawn)StructureBrush Piles
Guided a trip down the river from our entery at Island View Park to Clearwaters Outfitters as our exit point. Flow in the river is still pretty fast, and water levels are up. This creates a ton of shore and bank laydown piles of brush and trees. This is where the fish were hanging out. Under, in and around these lay downs. Casting near and right up to the bank, the choppo was hot 🔥 several big fish caught, including the clients new pb of 20".
SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueLive Bait RigsSeasonWinterStructureRiver ChannelsUsually I use sucker minnows in the 3-4 inch range but today I decided to use suckers in the 4-7 inch range and it payed off. I got this 20 incher and a few other really nice ones great way to end the season
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueTubesSeasonSummerStructureRiver Channels
I tried ned, topwater and wacky with little luck. When I switched to the tube I started catching the SM. Caught an 18", a 17", and several smaller ones on the tube. Just drag it on the bottom.
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueNed RigsSeasonSpring (Post-Spawn)StructureLedges
Water went down quite a bit from the last few weeks. Bass aren’t sitting right on the shore anymore, they moved a little deeper into the current. Getting bites mainly on the ned bouncing off rocks.
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueHard Topwater (Popping)SeasonSpring (Post-Spawn)StructureSubmerged Vegetation
Favorite popper for both smallies and largies. Makes a great sound and super easy to use.
