Anyone on pool 5 or 6 yet?

I hear so much about pool 4, but wondering if anyone on IDo hits pool 5 or 6? I have not been out yet just wondering about others.

I know for a fact people have been fishing behind 5a when i go to work there are always people there. I guess there is a bunch of people there right now. I will report back in a few hours about how many people are behind lock and dam 5a.

There is a couple of posts about those pools under “Mississippi River”

IDO POOLS 5 & 6

I have been out at least 4 times and caught walleye and sauger each time jig fishing. The fish have now seem to have moved out of the deep holes and are scattered on breaks ranging from 14 to 30 feet. I did well on Saturday the 14th, cleaning 3 walleye and 1 sauger all over 15 inches. My two friends I took left with move fish, but smaller ones in general (saugers). We launched at Latch Island and ran up below the dam and had fish from serval areas. Planning on being out again this Saturday. Jig and minow or Jig and tail with stinger worked well. Had less luck when out on Sunday and Tuesday, but still caught a few small ones.

Pool 5 Walleyes

I was at Alma Saturday and it was slow. I did manage a 26 incher and a school of active white bass. Water is warming (44 degrees in the backwaters)and getting some color. I expect the bite will improve.

I was out Saturday 3/21 with two other guys and was very satisfied with the action we had. Many more keepers were caught than last week and the weekend before. Enclosed is the limit of 5 walleye and 1 sauger I took home, 15 to 18 inch fish. We boated 2 northerns also. I fought something large for over 5 minutes, but it lead my jig into a snag and I never did get to see it.