Mississippi River (Monticello to St. Cloud)
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Mississippi River (Monticello to St. Cloud) Fishing Reports
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Smallmouth BassTechniqueHard JerkbaitsSeasonWinterStructureBouldersCurrent seams with big boulders.
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 BassTechniqueTubesSeasonWinterStructureRock Pile
Snapping a tube, feel for good rock and milk that area. Tube was getting bigger bites then a ned but ned was getting numbers.
Omnia Community MemberBronze AmbassadorSpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueNed RigsSeasonIceStructureRock PileCaught good numbers with a simple hop and drag technique. I tried other small JDM finesse swimbaits but the GobyZ was what they wanted. Caught many fish stacked up together in the deepest water I could find not in direct current but next to it.
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueHard JerkbaitsSeasonWinterStructureOpen Water/Basin
Was able to catch a nice 11-pound bag for my best five from shore using the mega bass 110 jr. They were hitting it hard. Make sure to bring extra treble hooks to replace broken ones from the fish hitting the bait so hard. Flashier colors seemed to work better than natural colors but cycle through your colors if you don't get bit within 5 minutes or so.
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Largemouth BassTechniqueSoft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium)SeasonWinterStructureRock PileWas throwing the spark-shad swimming it on the bottom
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueTubesSeasonWinterStructureRip Rap
Recently I have gotten my open water fix near the hot water discharges in Monticello. Fishing a tube low and slow has been productive catching some numbers, with good size mixed in. This included a 4.82lb kicker last weekend. I have been fishing my tubes very similar to a ned rig, letting them fall on a slackline and then slowly dragging and hopping the tube back to the bank. Bites have been surprisingly hard for the wintertime.
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueHard JerkbaitsSeasonWinterStructureBoulders
Decided to throw the Vision110 in 3-4ft. 2 pops and always getting hit on the pause!
