Cannon River

[Fish'n guy]

Did the cannon river freeze out? I was down there the other day and saw all kinds of carp,sheephead,crappies,catfish, and bullheads on the bottom dead or belly up. I wanted to try for some spring crappies but didn't catch a thing. Really sad because that river had a lot of little walleyes in it that would be nice sized in a couple of years.

[Fish'n guy]

Never mind, the river is fine. Hundreds of dead fish but thousands of live ones. It was interesting to see the fish such as bass(smallmouth & largemouth), Channel cats, walleyes, perch, HUGE crappies, Obviously carp, Bullheads, northerns, and sheephead. There were some dandy walleyes that were dead but it made me feel a little better when I was able to accidentally catch a nice fat and healthy walleye when I was crappie fishing. Most crappies that I could see swimming were smaller but I am sure when the water temps rise so will the size of the fish.

[Fish'n guy]

Never mind, the river is fine. Hundreds of dead fish but thousands of live ones. It was interesting to see the fish such as bass(smallmouth & largemouth), Channel cats, walleyes, perch, HUGE crappies, Obviously carp, Bullheads, northerns, and sheephead. There were some dandy walleyes that were dead but it made me feel a little better when I was able to accidentally catch a nice fat and healthy walleye when I was crappie fishing. Most crappies that I could see swimming were smaller but I am sure when the water temps rise so will the size of the fish.

[Mr_Sniffles333]

That's great to hear. Just curious, where on the Cannon were you? Hopefully winter didn't diminish the numbers of fish too much. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

[Fish'n guy]

Mr. Sniffles I was fishing just down from the dam at morristown in a pool of calmer water. The water was deeper than the area around it so that helped concentrate more fish. GOOD FISHIN!!!

[fishKiLLa]

I was wondering if you fished the stretch in Cannon Falls. I dont know of any other spots to fish on the Cannon River but if you could give me some info on other shore access I would appreciate it. Thanks.

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[Mr_Sniffles333]

Yeah I've fished down there...by the park right? Or if you go a little further to where the river takes a 90 degree angle gets good too. You were catching crappies? I'm surprised...I thought that would freeze out, without a doubt. But that's great to hear that it didn't. I'll have to go down there sometime and try my luck for some crappie. I know you said you caught a few small ones. Any numbers or size though?

[Fish'n guy]

MrSniffles, I didn't catch any crappies I could just see them swimming around. The only things I caught were the walleye and the carp. I was fishing right by the park. I was there again today and the carp were really Biting but nothing else. I think the water just needs to warm up just a little more for the crappies. GOOD FISHIN!!!!!

[Fish'n guy]

Fishkilla, I have never fished the area by Cannon Falls before but that may be a good area to start!! I have always fished in the faribult/morristown area of the cannon river. I fish all up and down between morristown dam over to faribult. I woiuld try by the morristown dam first because there is always something biting there!!GOOD FISHIN!!!!!!!!!