Pool 8 Mississippi River
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Pool 8 Mississippi River Fishing Reports
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Smallmouth BassTechniqueBladed JigsSeasonSpring (Pre-Spawn)StructureLaydownsFound smallmouth and largemouth and pike in small slack water bays with laydowns present adjacent to side channels with heavy current current. Fish were in 4 feet or shallower. Lot of different baits produced but a chatterbait was the most consistent.
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Largemouth BassTechniqueHard Topwater (Walking)SeasonSpring (Post-Spawn)StructureRiver ChannelsFound ledges just off main channel with hard bottom, worked at spook from shore line to steep ledge.Large mouth were hanging on the edge of ledges . Smallies were hanging near rip rap. Drop shot with a zoom trick worm worked well.
Matthew LoftusBronze AmbassadorSpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueSwim JigsSeasonSpring (Pre-Spawn)StructureDamI also caught a few on a Deps frog. And a hybrid hunter crank bait.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueSwim JigsSeasonSummerStructureLily Pads
SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueTexas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)SeasonSpring (Post-Spawn)StructureRip RapCaught some nice bass including a 4.5lb largemouth, a few smallies were mixed in as well. Step ledges with rip rap, Being patient and working the bait back slow was the only way to get them too bite. With the Water going up fast, fish seem to be slightly less active. Bites were very light so having a good sharp hook made the difference tonight
SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueTexas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)SeasonSpring (Post-Spawn)StructureSubmerged VegetationI fished the Wisconsin bass nation state college tournament in lacrosse. We found a lot of small fish on ned rigs but on day two we put together a good 13lb bag flipping stained water along weed edges in 4-6 feet of water the key was to find irregularities in the weeds wether it be a large Lilly pad, opening in the weeds or brush in the weeds. The only thing that worked was flipping a lighter weight with a craw tube or big bite baits creature in a half black half blue pattern. A normal black blue fleck didn’t work. It seems as though the fish can see the separation of the colors better in dirty water and it got the job done! The fish were in a transition period, after the spawn they start to move out of their spawning pockets and into summer pattern. Look for banks and weed edges on the outsides of spawning pockets and work your way in.
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueSwim JigsSeasonSpring (Post-Spawn)StructureReef
Slow rolling rocks off the bottom, and next to current seems.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueSwim JigsSeasonSpring (Post-Spawn)StructureReeds
Got on a good swim jig bite late in afternoon. We were throwing swim jigs on reed points and near and through eel grass in pool 8 near Stoddard. No such thing as reeling too fast!
