February In-Fisherman article

[Aquaman01]

There is a great article on ring-worming wing dams for walleye in the Feb/05 In-Fisherman. It's set in Pool 2.

[CrappieJohn]

The article showcased an excellent walleye guide for pool two. He has spent years developing hid worming techiques and is a master of the art. There were tons of good pointers that can be applied to just about every river system just by paying attention to the shoreline and naturally occuring structure.

Ringed-worms have been around for a very long time, mostly marketed for bass fishing, but the article shows just how well plastics can be cross fished and are not always as specie specific as people are led to believe. Lots of tackle makers have ring worms on their menus.

Aside from the lure aspect, I thought the article was a dandy for explaining how to fish the wing dams in general with live-bait, cranks...you name it. Real good reading.

[WalleyeSnob]

thanks for the heads up on this article

i am going to pick it up today

[Tonka Boy]

Steve is by far the best. It's worth the read!!

[markkstanley]

I've fished with Steve several times - well worth it if you want to learn how to fish Pool 2 walleyes. He is relentless when it comes to chasing big eyes. I had to call it quits one Dec night around midnight - it was in the high teens, I was frozen solid plus I had to go to work the next morning but the fish were biting and Steve was having too much fun to stop. He is also an excellent Upper Mississippi smallie guide.

[EBass]

He's very humble for being the best river walter chaser in Minnesota.

[Mike W]

One suttle bit of info that was stated in the article was about how to present your plastics on the wingdams. It stated swimming your plastics over or across the face of the dams. This seems to be a vary important point at certian times of the year. In the summer months using a heaver jig and hopping the plastics down a wingdam works well for me but as the water clears or cools, not sure what triggers the change, That hopping motion that worked during the summer gets thrown out the door. Now they seem to want a nice slow steady retrieve.

I think one thing that makes Steve so sucessful on pool 2 other than spending alot of time out there is his ability to combine fine tuneing catching old fish and nowing when to pull up and go find new fish. If you follow his reports you will notice that what might seem like the same old report from a period of time does usually have a few suttle changes in it. Or out of the blue he is chasing fish somewhere else. Always searching. It is also nice to have someone like this willing to share his findings. WTG Steve.

[WalleyeSnob]

Is Steve guiding now on the Mississippi. How do I get in contact with him? It is my spring break and it would be fun to learn to fish pool 2, especially with someone as knowledgeable as him.

[mistermom]

Steve has a website. His first and last name dot com. He is pretty booked up most of the time but it wouldn't hurt to check.

mm

[Mike W]

Yes he is guiding right now. A buddy of mine was out with him last friday.