Pool 5A Smallies

Had a chance to take my 10 year old and my father fishing on Sunday to Pool 5A. While the walleye and sauger were hard to come by, we did find plenty of smallies to keep us busy. The largest was just shy of 22″ and just under 6#. They were all handing on some submerged timber in 18′ – 25′ of water and were biting very light. We also managed a few crappie and several rock bass from the same spots.

The smiles were worth it all

here is the big one

another

Great looking smallies guys. The look on your son’s face in the pictures is priceless. Love2Fish.

wow!
I wish i wouldn’t have read this. That was exactly what i was hoping to do this weekend but couldn’t
great fish

can I ask how far from the dam are you? and are you fishing the north or south part of the river? ( upstream/ downstream)

thanks…