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Pool 11 Mississippi River

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Species

Largemouth Bass

Season

Winter (Current)
36 Fishing Reports
143 Followers

Pool 11 Mississippi River Overview

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Top Techniques Reported for Largemouth Bass + Winter

Soft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium)
  1. Soft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium)
    1
Total Fishing Reports
36
Top Species Reported for Winter
  1. Largemouth Bass1 Report
  2. Panfish / Bluegill1 Report

Fishing Reports

36 Reports on Pool 11 Mississippi River

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  • Eli Johnson

    Gold Ambassador

    11/16/21

    • Species

      Smallmouth Bass

    • Season

      Summer

    • Technique

      Finesse Jigs

    • Structure

      Rip Rap

    • Forage

      Crawfish

    Fish rip rap banks along flowing sloughs, working around rocks with the jig
  • Eli Johnson

    Gold Ambassador

    11/16/21

    • Species

      Smallmouth Bass

    • Season

      Summer

    • Technique

      Topwater Walking

    • Structure

      Points

    • Forage

      Minnows

    Throw walking baits by points with current flow
  • Bass Snatcher

    Gold Ambassador

    10/23/21

    • Species

      Largemouth Bass

    • Season

      Fall

    • Technique

      Crankbaits 0-6'

    • Structure

      Rip Rap

    • Forage

      Shad

    • Water Temperature

      57°

    It was a cold, windy and cloudy day but the fish were on a feeding frenzy. Water temps are hanging around 57 degrees depending on where you are on the river. The river is still very low so many of the usual spots are not fishable but it is making some new structure available to fish. I've never seen the spillway this low but it made for some fantastic fishing. The way the river is waterfalling over rock that is usually completely submerged is making for great fishing conditions. Shad could be seen everywhere being chased by hungry fish, not just largemouth and smallmouth. The stripers were schooled up in a feeding frenzy and hitting the Berkley J-Walker on almost every cast. The occasional largemouth would hit it if it could beat the stripers to the lure first. A white Ned rig dragged on the bottom was catching most of the bass in that location along with shallow to medium diving crankbaits. Shad colors were the most successful with all lures thrown. Most bass were relatively small, around 12", but the occasional bass over 2lbs could be caught. Not only were largemouth, smallmouth and stripers being caught, there was also a nice sheephead, mooneye and sauger caught from our boat. You should be able to search the river for any shad breaking the surface and you'll have a great day catching fish right now. Don't forget to keep an eye out for the seagulls and pelicans, they can lead you to the shad as well. We did see a few walleye and sauger being caught from the barge and near the dam, no bass though.
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