Holy Smokes… the bass are bitin’ on Pool 5!!

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    Keymaster
    Posts: 2756
    May 3, 2002 at 6:23 pm #1213789

    If you love BIG river smallies, check out this fishing report from Jarrad Fluekiger of River Guiding about the HOT smallie action on pool 5. Plus an interesting side note on an unofficial but DNR Authorized study they conducted to determine population numbers.

    Pool 5 Report

    Good fishin’,

    EFN Webstaff

    mossboss
    La Crescent, MN
    Posts: 2792
    May 3, 2002 at 7:17 pm #242394

    OK, just a bit confused by the text. The 6.2 pound smallie I assume was not caught recently since Flick looks older than 10 in his photo, correct?

    But there has been 12 smallies over 20 inches caught this week, correct? Man, now that is one nice haul. Have you weighed alot of these fish? I would think in the spring, a 21 inch smallie with spawn in it could go over 6 pounds.

    I used to have a couple of holes like you are talking about where many huge smallies were stacked in like wood at certain times. One of the spots, we saw two guys fishing there two days in a row, and leave with 12 big smallies on a stringer. I wonder how many more days they did this, as the spot is now virtually dead.

    James Holst
    Keymaster
    SE Minnesota
    Posts: 18926
    May 3, 2002 at 7:28 pm #242395

    The 6.2 Lb bass was caught some time ago. sounds like lots of 4’s and 5’s lately though.

    jedsall
    Dover Ohio
    Posts: 99
    May 5, 2002 at 10:21 am #242476

    The big fish day 1 of the Kfan tournament yesterday… a 6.02 smallmouth.

    flick
    Alma WI
    Posts: 382
    May 5, 2002 at 2:50 pm #242478

    A 21 inch Smallie might go over 6lbs. But i doubt it ..Mine was 23 inches an weighted just over 6…So i’m figuring a 21 inch small would go in the upper 5’s…..

    haywood04
    Winona, Minnesota
    Posts: 1073
    May 6, 2002 at 5:12 pm #242521

    Congrats on the nice smallies. Quick question though. What time of the day has been most productive?, Or has it not made a big difference?

    Thanks

    Haywood

    flick
    Alma WI
    Posts: 382
    May 7, 2002 at 3:16 am #242569

    Haywood……You can catch a few along the day..But the big producer has been early mornings an evenings….

    larsonlawyers
    Nelson Wi
    Posts: 300
    May 8, 2002 at 4:41 am #242646

    [censored] most of the smallies we catch are during the day and usually the sun has to be out and them smallies just go nuts, they sure do whap the hell out of that hair jig though man.

    haywood04
    Winona, Minnesota
    Posts: 1073
    May 8, 2002 at 4:01 pm #242670

    Got out on pool 5A last night with Dodge Boy guiding. We worked our first rock edge and sure enough I got hit hard. Huge fight with only one problem. When we boated these smallies looked a bit to silverish for me and kept making a Baaaaaaaa sound. They were big but they all were sheepies!

    Still a good time )

    Dave Ansell
    Rushford, MN
    Posts: 1572
    May 8, 2002 at 5:33 pm #242678

    Fished pool 5A on Sunday with moderate success in the shallow backwater areas with spinnerbaits (55 degrees). There might have been a local tourney going on because there seemed to be several people around fishing bass. No smallies, a few decent walleyes/saugers near the dam, plenty of sheephead.

    Dave

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