Anyone Finding any Bass?

  • Jeremiah Shaver
    La Crosse, WI
    Posts: 4941
    July 13, 2005 at 1:17 pm #1227679

    Just wondering if anyone has been catching any Bass on the Croix lately?

    suzuki
    Woodbury, Mn
    Posts: 18605
    July 13, 2005 at 2:46 pm #372787

    I fished close to the Croix last night and found a feeding frenzy on the Miss. Constant action on one spot but size was small. Eventually got a 14 and of course lost what felt like the biggest fish. I saw bass chasing minnows in several locations so I assume the smallie action is on.

    steve-demars
    Stillwater, Minnesota
    Posts: 1906
    July 13, 2005 at 6:23 pm #372832

    I was out catfishing 2 nights this week and there is a lot of activity and a lot of baitfish in the backwaters. The weather has been perfect for topwater action; clear and calm. Water temp is 82 – 84 degrees. You can see fish chasing and smashing the minnows along the banks. There are a lot of white bass but I know the smallies are in that mix too. I chased cats with no luck, I was real tempted to switch up rods and chase the fish.

    corey_waller
    hastings mn
    Posts: 1525
    July 13, 2005 at 11:41 pm #372887

    THERE ARE ARE BASS IN THE ST CROIX!??? NO WAY!!Slop. the fish are going and Im not dock talking ya. they are crashing the minnows pretty good. if you get them going right away in the morning on top water you can come back to the later in the day back out a little deeper and still be on them. the problem I have had is trying to figure out what they want. It seems to key on the size of bait they are chasing that perticular morning. like this morning I threw the whole tackle box at them and coulnt get them to commit I could see them follow and turn around at the boat. finally I switched to a 3″ power minnow and bam I got them. I threw spinner baits,mepps spinners,flukes,tubes,senkos,jerkbaits, dynamite. well not that but it was frusterating. but the moral of the story is they are biting.
    see later Corey

    lenny_jamison
    Bay City , WI
    Posts: 4001
    July 14, 2005 at 1:47 am #372908

    Last Friday a buddy and I fished the lowere Croix. We mostly pitched [plastics to the steep shoreline rocks(I know it is hard to find steep shorleines on the Croix but they are there ). We ended up doing pretty well. We caught a lot of small bass and rockies but ended up with about maybe 15 legals with the biggest being just shy of 17″.

    chappy
    Hastings, MN
    Posts: 4854
    July 14, 2005 at 1:35 pm #372969

    Lenny, I was out there Friday last week too. I thought I saw you sitting on the Wisc. side. You looked up and being the secretive guy you are,you did’nt wave. Maybe you just did’nt want me to come over. I know you know my boat!

    lenny_jamison
    Bay City , WI
    Posts: 4001
    July 14, 2005 at 10:27 pm #373097

    Quote:

    Lenny, I was out there Friday last week too. I thought I saw you sitting on the Wisc. side. You looked up and being the secretive guy you are,you did’nt wave. Maybe you just did’nt want me to come over. I know you know my boat!

    I thought that was you going by. I was waiting for you to wave…but alas no wave came. If I had known it was you I would have chased you down. Who’d you have with you. It looked like a boat full.
    Seriously, I didn’t want anybody to know I was actually fishing for the green carp. Shh, don’t tell anyone.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    July 15, 2005 at 3:24 pm #373181

    Dang…all you ‘sippi guys coming up here fishing MY spots….

    You are going to ruin the fishery!

    steveo
    W Central Sconnie
    Posts: 4102
    July 18, 2005 at 5:05 pm #373548

    Slop,
    I wasn’t out last week but the week prior to that they were going like crazy. I hit a couple of 17″‘s and an 18″. Lots of smaller fish too. I expect it will stay good.

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