mississippi river Mississippi River North Fishing Reports

[eyeguy 54]

get some stick baits J.   

[JeremyCampbell]

I was looking for carp but I'll have to try that when I go for smallies..

Mepps work well too..Used them early summer for smallies around my hood

Edited August 26, 2015 by JeremyCampbell
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[fuzzyray]

Your biggest smallie? Trying to decide on getting a replica made or not...what is your biggest smallie off the Mississippi? I landed a 21 1/4" in fish this past weekend. never had one bigger than 20". Got a few pics and she went back into the river. Had  7 species mixed bag. river picking up but man is it low out there. trip costing me a new prop but worth it for that fish

[Naturboy]

Does anyone have a report for the river north of Sartell? I'm just thinking they should be starting to go up there.

[eyeguy 54]

fun from shore today.  found them at the 3rd spot.   

[eyeguy 54]

some awesome artwork under a local bridge. 

[Nhamm]

What they biting on nowadays?  I've never caught so many smallies and northerns than at night this year, without any eyes to show for it.   Hoping for the water to drop enough to turn them on.  

Good work, looks like some tasty fish there.

[eyeguy 54]

just a fathead minnow on a hook.  they like it if you find the fish.  thats the tough part.  luck being in the right spot at the right time.  

[eyeguy 54]

wrong species but still fun.   a few big girls came out to play today. Bigger next year they will be. 

[Nhamm]

Thanks for the response.  Ive had tremendous luck with hair and meat at night, then this time of year the smallies really like bfishn paddletail, not the puls-r.  Hopefully this rain drops those temps good and this next week really gets the bigguns going!  Tight lines

[ANYFISH2]

wrong species but still fun.   a few big girls came out to play today. Bigger next year they will be. 

Thier never the wrong species!

[Naturboy]

Bass are still going good down by the dam and they seem bigger this year. I did see a few eyes also.

[eyeguy 54]

nice and big   the guy in the rowboat out from shore was getting smallies almost every cast. using suckers I think. 

[TunaCan]

Fishing was ridiculous yesterday afternoon. Got into one very concentrated spot with constant smallmouth action for about an hour. Went through about 18 medium suckers with fish ranging from 14"-20". Had a couple occasions where I was fighting one fish and another fish swooped in to take the minnow while it was flopping on the line. They were like piranhas, but if you moved over about 20 feet there were no bites. I have had a lot of outstanding afternoons fishing on the Mississippi, but this ranked right up there for both size and numbers.

[popriveter]

Spent an hour shorefishing montissippi park. It was awfully fun to catch and release my first open water fish of the spring. It was too cold to sit still and fish with bait, so I used lures I've caught sheephead on and kept moving around. Despite fishing for sheephead, all I could catch were pesky bass, pike and walleye (saugeye?) I think I'll live through the "disappointment."

 

[ANYFISH2]

Both fish are beautifully marked, nice.  Better luck next time for the sheepies.

[eyeguy 54]

fun and games till the CO spots it. then probably not so fun. Mid may is a long ways off so dont lose your license!  

[popriveter]

Not worth arguing, but I was fishing a jig in a spot where I catch white bass, crappies, sheephead and channel cats on jigs.  All those species are open to fishing. Hard to imagine a CO getting upset that a guy catches and releases a fish on a jig. I'm sorry it upset you. You'll be happy to know that the fish were gently handled and quickly released.

I apologize to anyone who found the post offensive. I may have gotten too excited.

Edited March 19, 2016 by popriveter

[eyeguy 54]

white bass there?  that would be fun. I have never caught one in that section. I dont think anybody was offended although some will get mad. Not a good idea to put smally and eye pics up yet from that area. 

[Rick G]

8 hours ago, popriveter said:

Not worth arguing, but I was fishing a jig in a spot where I catch white bass, crappies, sheephead and channel cats on jigs.  

You have caught white bass in the Sartell section of river? Never seen one this far North.

[eyeguy 54]

montissippi park by monticello in the post. 

[JeremyCampbell]

Oh my goodness...

[Tom Sawyer]

Way to go popriveter, nice fish!

[Rick G]

1 hour ago, eyeguy 54 said:

montissippi park by monticello in the post. 

My bad....must have been a bit too early....   anyway, catching them in Monti? Never heard of them above Coon Rapids

[eyeguy 54]

I havn't either, would be fun to catch some.  good fighters. 

[Tom Sawyer]

He wasn't targeting those fish, they just bit his sheephead jig by mistake. Sheephead has no season, and that walleye and smallie still are nice fish. popriveter you may want to consider crawlers next time out. They work much better for sheephead this time of year. 

[Rick G]

58 minutes ago, Tom Sawyer said:

He wasn't targeting those fish, they just bit his sheephead jig by mistake. Sheephead has no season, and that walleye and smallie still are nice fish. popriveter you may want to consider crawlers next time out. They work much better for sheephead this time of year. 

Lol, sheephead........ nice

[ANYFISH2]

Alright, the point has been made!

It is all speculation on our part what the intentions where.

Popriveter, good luck in your efforts fishing for open species this spring.  Maybe next time, if your lure selection is only catching game fish, switch it out, regardless if your intentions true.

Good luck this spring guys.

[JeremyCampbell]

Mmmmm hmmmm....

[river rat316]

There are neither sheephead or white bass in that section of river. Call a spade a spade.