mississippi river Mississippi River North Fishing Reports

[JeremyCampbell]

Anyone know when the late,late night bite has been starting? I lost track of it.The late,late bite was good around 1:30am a few wks ago and a couple weeks before that it was 12:30 am.ImThinking il try late late again tonight and see what the river wants me to catch.Hope this doesn't confuse you too much.lol

[Rick G]

Jeremy, the late night bite has been pretty early for me. It has been starting a little after 7 and lasting till almost 12, or at least that's as late as I have stayed. The last time I saw you I averaged 4 walleyes and a few crappies per hour until I got sick of fishing Last night was the only exception, the wind direction had things all messed up.

[JeremyCampbell]

Thanks,I caught only one walleye yesterday and missed three.Took my new $8 x rap with it.Oh well that's how it go's.

[Tom Sawyer]

Hasn't anyone been fishing below the St. Cloud Dam lately?

[JeremyCampbell]

I'm going to try over there tonight but I don't expect it to be more than just a evening in the cold.I got a bunch of live bait I want to use up and my chances are better down there for more than just a nibble.

[Rick G]

With the weather system we have over us, the bite might be better than it has the last two nights.

[Tom Sawyer]

Same time, same place Rick?

[Rick G]

Shoulda came down, Tom. The bite wasn't too bad, Everyone who was there ended up getting a few. Everything was in the 13-15in range tonight except one 20ish in fish Dustin got.

[Rick G]

I thought I would throw up a pic. of the one Dustin got last evening.

[Stick in Mud]

Looks like there's a guy in a boat out there??

[eyeguy 54]

probably arms...

[Rick G]

That would be good ol' Arms by far the toughest sob on the river.

Something else I learned, Dustin( the guy in the pic) is the person who took the pic for Jeremy that is in his profile... He lurks on here, I might talk him into becoming a member one of these days.

[Stick in Mud]

Ah yes, Arms. Shoulda known.

[JeremyCampbell]

I can't remember him,I meet lots of folks over there.I'm very thankfull he took time away and snapped a photo for me.

[Tom Sawyer]

I can't remember him,I meet lots of folks over there.

Jeremy he(Arms)gained his nickname by oaring up river no matter what the river current conditions are; without a boat you may never meet him. As Rick said he's one tough sob, and a good fisherman, as I witnessed one night.

[JeremyCampbell]

I was talking about the guy rick said took my picture.

[Tom Sawyer]

I was talking about the guy rick said took my picture.

How could you forget a face like this? Ring a bell?

[JeremyCampbell]

Nope.I'm sure if he wasn't covered up in cold weather attire I would recognize him.Maybe Eyeguy can photo shop a Hawaiian shirt and a straw hat ,then maybe I can see better.

[JeremyCampbell]

Went out for a walk along the Sartell river today.Snapped a few pictures.Had to been there to really capture the sunshine out there.

[Stick in Mud]

Thanks for sharing the pics, Jeremy. It's interesting to see the differences in the winter river from what it used to look like. In the old days, all that water just up to the small chute farthest east was frozen over with solid, solid ice. The eel pout in that hole must be getting gigantic, what with the difficulty of getting out there to fish them.

The deep holes south of there, just north of the old bridge towards the west side of the river, used to be safely frozen over, too, and a good place to catch some big 'eyes.

[JeremyCampbell]

Maybe it will freeze over again someday.Eel pout will have to stay on the bucket list for now.

[Rick G]

Got a couple shots of the "creek" today

The open spot out from the dam is starting to get bigger, it was only about half that size last week... a sure sign spring is a comin'

[LPCrowRiverFisherman]

Boy you just can't wait for open water can you? There is still a month of the best ice fishing to come.

[JeremyCampbell]

Just a tiny update up here on the river.Been taking more walks lately and the ice below the Sartell dam is going away.Seeing broken chunks of Ice flow by is a good sign.Looks like I may even have a shot in a couple wks,where watab and the miss meet.Down stream still has a ways to go.The Sauk river is starting to open up a little too.Patience.

[eyeguy 54]

you need therapy...

[JeremyCampbell]

Your not the first one to say that.I get that a lot.

[Stick in Mud]

you need therapy...

Rivers ARE therapy.

[FlyRodAddiction]

Jeremy, no worries. I would be lying if I said I haven't been driving by looking for melted holes in the ice on the river above the Sartell dam. I did see today that a guy could launch his boat at the little rock boat launch. Not that you could go anywhere.... but if you needed to scratch that itch without heading down to pool 4. There are crappie in that hole!

[RuKiddingMe]

Hey guys an hour down the road and you could be launching in pool 2 right now - all three major launches are open and there are some saugers and eyes snapping at the confluence, that saves an hour driving from going to pool 4.

[JeremyCampbell]

Daisy and I skipped out on church and took the morning out venturing the area river.There were other family's walking around there too,enjoying the sunshine.