Well just got back from our trip to P4. We got in about 8 this morning and put in at the Wisconsin channel which had docks but were 5 ft deep in water.
We worked a few spots from there up to the dam with very little success. We had only seen a few boats catch a few shorts up by the dam. After 5 hours of battling current and no fish we moved down around the island and into the calm down stream water below the lock. Boats were stacked. But they were there because that’s where the small fish were bountiful. I probably saw 50+ fish brought in per hour. But most seemed to be 6-12”.
There was one boat using crawlers and they had 5 sturgeon in one spot, that was cool.
All told it was a beautiful day to be out but had to have a fish sandwich at McDonald’s for dinner.
Good luck out there be safe as the water is high and will be getting even higher over the next week.
I’m almost exclusively a Pool 4 guy, but I simply cannot imagine fishing in that crowd of boats pictured. I hit the river to get away from crowds. I’m no expert, but even at this time of the year some of the best fish we see are caught in spots not visible from the dam in my boat.
Glad to see you had fun and managed some fish. So many people have this perception that because they saw a guide share a post of a bunch of fish or some resort pictures…that anyone can show up and hammer walleyes one after the other which is simply not the truth. Sometimes I think this just leads to a slaughtering of 10-12″ saugers going home in livewells or “released” from the scour holes only to feed the eagles. The river is often humbling, but a great place to wet some lines.
