Pool 5 Mississippi
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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Ledges
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
62°
Species
WalleyeSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
62°
Sand runs in decent current, fish were spread out, caught in several different locations. 10 walleye over 15” in total, biggest at 22”
Species
WalleyeSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Vertical Jigging 0-9'
Structure
River Channels
Forage
Minnows
Walleyes were on current breaks on non main channel back water currents. Nothing huge but fun.
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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Buzzbaits
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Fished Pool 5 backwaters for largemouth bass and pike. Booyah Buzzbait brought multiple fish of both species to the kayak for me.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Rip Rap
Forage
Minnows
Smallies were off the deeper rip rap in slack water. Fish were off the rock a bit and key was to self left off bigger boulders sitting out in 6-8 feet.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Matted Grass
High water on the river and fish are pushed up shallow. Bass relate to a hard edge when water is rising so throwing a frog around reed edges and flooded trees produced some good bites
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Shad
Fish are up making beds, find rock and hard bottom shorelines with slack water. With rising water it can be tough to see fish so make multiple pitches to the same spot and watch your line.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
77°
Had to go find current and grass lines with cleaner water and slow way down to get bit fish are still post spawn and in transition.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Baitfish
Water Temperature
49°
Water levels seem back to normal, water clarity normal in the backwaters in the Finger Lakes. Water temperature was at 49.5 degrees so bite will continue to get better. Bass were feeding on baitfish so the Jack Hammer with a cut Hog Farmer pintail definitely did the trick. I would recommend a leader in the backwaters with the amount of northerns that are there. Most of the fish caught were in 4 feet of water on the weed lines.
