Upper Mississippi Smallmouth.

  • Mike W
    Participant
    MN/Anoka/Ham lake
    Posts: 12887
    September 17, 2023 at 8:47 am #2224662

    Upper Mississippi is getting shallow but still kicking out a lot of nice Smallmouth. It’s s little work getting to some of the spots but worth the effort. The fish are hitting a bit off everything but the last couple trips its been tough to beat fishing just a sucker minnow with a hook through its nose. We are flipping these up to the river bank and around logs then just letting it swim. Or if the minnow is dead let it float and twitch it once and a while. You will know very fast if there are any Smallmouth in the area.

    Attachments:

    1. 20230916_133304-scaled.jpg

    2. 20230916_125809-scaled.jpg

    3. 20230916_122343.jpg

    4. 20230916_105326-scaled.jpg

    Mike W
    Participant
    MN/Anoka/Ham lake
    Posts: 12887
    September 17, 2023 at 9:16 am #2224675

    A few more.

    Attachments:

    1. 20230916_152021.jpg

    2. 20230916_150701-scaled.jpg

    3. 20230916_150102-scaled.jpg

    4. 20230916_144009-scaled.jpg

    Mike W
    Participant
    MN/Anoka/Ham lake
    Posts: 12887
    September 17, 2023 at 9:26 am #2224680

    A few of the beaver dam we have to push through.

    Attachments:

    1. 20230910_164021-scaled.jpg

    2. 20230910_170851-scaled.jpg

    3. 20230910_122034-scaled.jpg

    4. IMG_20230917_092020.jpg

    5. IMG_20230917_092011.jpg

    6. IMG_20230917_091955.jpg

    mahtofire14
    Participant
    Mahtomedi, MN
    Posts: 9767
    September 17, 2023 at 9:31 am #2224687

    Nice Mike. I’m planning on heading up there sometime soon and bank fishing. Always fun to do in the fall and winter. I’m stubborn and use artificials but I still catch a lot.

    gimruis
    Participant
    Plymouth, MN
    Posts: 11334
    September 17, 2023 at 11:13 am #2224697

    River smallmouth are awesome fighters. Even a 12 incher feels like a good fish sometimes.

    Those beavers are really causing a problem. If it wasn’t for you going through there my guess is that it would be completely dammed up.

    Gregg Gunter
    Participant
    Posts: 606
    September 17, 2023 at 1:51 pm #2224716

    Nice work. Water was still warm enough for wading?

    Mike W
    Participant
    MN/Anoka/Ham lake
    Posts: 12887
    September 17, 2023 at 4:54 pm #2224738

    62 degrees so just right. Not sure if the water was even knee deep so didn’t get that wet. Guessing it was less than 10 minutes tearing out the dam going down river. Maybe 5 minutes pushing back up river through it.

    chuck100
    Participant
    Platteville,Wi.
    Posts: 2060
    September 17, 2023 at 7:29 pm #2224762

    Now that looks like some good fishing an adventurous to boot.

    Deuces
    Participant
    Posts: 4265
    September 17, 2023 at 7:33 pm #2224763

    Finally found some minnows and fish sure liked em. The 10 got some good ones and lots of lil ones toast

    Anyone else have to feed the fish a minnow b4 releasing it? doah

    Attachments:

    1. 20230917_173823-scaled.jpg

    Mike W
    Participant
    MN/Anoka/Ham lake
    Posts: 12887
    September 18, 2023 at 5:49 am #2224794

    Got to treat those fish nice so they tell all their friends about you.

Viewing 10 posts - 1 through 10 (of 10 total)

You must be logged in to reply to this topic.