Pool 4 - Redwing Dam
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Pool 4 - Redwing Dam Fishing Reports
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White BassTechniqueInline SpinnersSeasonFallStructureBouldersCasting inline spinners near the dam and letting them sink and drawing them back.
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WalleyeTechniqueVertical Jigging Mid Depth (10-19')SeasonFallStructureRiver ChannelsLook for seams in the current. Depending on the current and how open the dam is, you may need to go from 3/8oz up to 1oz for the jig. Play with the weight until you find enough to keep you in contact with the bottom. Deadstick on a drift with the ringworms can be quite effective on a slow day. You can also try a slow troll upstream with the ringworms (.5mph) Can pair a ringworm on a Dubuque rig with a 3 way and a #6 octopus. Put a fathead on the hook. (Remember this counts as two lines on the river). If the fish are not on the seams use your electronics and look on the flats just below the wingdams. Beware of the wingdams with low water levels.
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Smallmouth BassTechniqueBladed JigsSeasonSummerStructureRiver ChannelsFish where holding to rip rap, and Creek mouths with sand good sound bars and shad holding to it, would catch the occasional large mouth but mainly small mouth jerk bait snd chatter bait where baits of choice. Water was low, not much current. Caught decent numbers of fish, not a whole lot of big ones over all good day of fishing.
- SpeciesWalleyeTechniqueVertical Jigging Mid Depth (10-19')SeasonFallStructureDam
Vertical jigging downstream of dam produced nice sauger action!
- SpeciesWalleyeTechniqueSoft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium)SeasonFallStructureRock Pile
Oct 23, 2020: Water temp 46-48, stage 3.6 ft, flow 18,400 cfs The fall bite is here on Pool 4 of the mighty Mississippi River. With low stage and flow, fish are spread out but are actively feeding. We enjoyed great success pitching soft plastics to main channel edges and rip-rap shorelines with adjacent deep water for a nice mix of quality walleye and sauger, most 15-20" long, with bonus jumbo perch and slab crappie. Best baits were 5" jerk shads rigged on 1/4 oz jigs. When picking a jig for soft plastics, look for a long shank hook and a wire plastic "keeper" - VMC Neon Moon eye jigs are perfect. Rig with 20 lb test hi-vis Seaguar Smackdown in Flash Green to visually track your jig, and use a 2' leader of 15 lb test Seaguar InvizX to protect your presentation from rocks, zebra mussels and sharp teeth. A medium or medium light power, fast or extra fast action St. Croix rod equipped with a 2500-series Shimano reel is ideal. Let your jig hit bottom after the cast, and then work back to the boat with a series of sharp upward snaps - then let it fall back to the bottom. Rest for a moment before you repeat the process, as bites will occur on the fall, or when the jig impacts the bottom. Do yourself a favor and fish plastics in the fall - your catch rates and especially the quality of fish will far exceed those of the minnow-soakers.
SpeciesWalleyeTechniqueVertical Jigging Mid Depth (10-19')SeasonFallStructureRiver Channels3 way rig tipped with minnows in 5-12' of water. Look for current seams.
- SpeciesWalleyeTechniqueDrop ShotSeasonFallStructureRiver Channels
Fishing out of a Hobie kayak, so stayed around the Bay Point area as lots of big boats up by dam, and water current is much faster for my kayak. Drop shot a fathead and using deep diver cranks in shad colors produced fish. Fished anywhere from 1 fow to 20 fow, majority of fish came in less than 10 fow. Find the humps and fish the dips, behind the humps holds lots of fish and shad. Mostly whitebass and will have to weed through them to get walleyes. Heard the walleye bite is better by the dam. Caught a couple 4-5 pound bowfins as well! Put up a good fight! Best method was drop shot and fathead, with cranking shad raps and flicker shads was second. Caught a few hefty largemouth bass for their size with cranks! Biggest was only 2.7 pounds, but was chunky looking!
- SpeciesWalleyeTechniqueSoft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium)SeasonFallStructureRiver Channels
Oct 31 2020. Temp 43-44; Stage 3.5 ft; Flow 18,200 Fall fishing for walleye, sauger, crappies and more remains in full swing on Pool 4 of the Mississippi River. Staying mobile and flexible, as always when fishing the river, remains the key. Our best bite for a mixed bag of 15-22" sauger and walleye was to pull Dubuque Rigs upstream along well-defined current seams. A Dubuque Rig is a modified 3-way rig that presents two jigs tipped with ringworms: a heavy "bottom" jig, typically 1/2 oz, and a 1/16 oz "top" jig. Each is connected to a 3-way swivel with a Seaguar InvizX leader: ~ 20" long to the bottom jig and ~ 10" long to the top jig. Lower the rig to the bottom and slowly pull upstream, 0.1-0.3 mph, zig-zagging across the seam and hitting both the faster and slower water. Key depths for us today were 18-24' for daytime walleye and sauger. If you want to try something different - try your hand at some slab crappies. Look to rocky flats that have gentle current across them and sharp breaks into the main channel. Excellent numbers of 10-13" crappies and some bonus bull gills are available. Pitch 1/16 oz jigs tipped with minnows or 2" minnow-profile soft plastics across the flats and enjoy!
