Fall bite on pool 4

Who else is looking forward to the fall bite ?

I can’t wait. Come on November!!

Fall bite ? Ain’t no such thing . Only bite in the spring

isu22andy wrote:

Fall bite ? Ain’t no such thing . Only bite in the spring

Then I won’t see you on pool 5 this fall, will I?

Water was still 47-48 tonight . Only could find smallies to play tonight . Last weekend was tough for me but did catch a 27 and a 28 within 5 minutes of each other at last light on blades . Barley could scrape together a limit of eaters if I was going to keep em. Struggling this year compared to last … how’s everyone else doing ?

We were up on the 12/13th and struggled. Has a buddy up over the weekend and the bite was even worse.

Was out there 11/15 evening. Boated 5 eater walleyes between a buddy and me plus a 26″ that was CNR. Lots of sauger caught but didn’t keep any.

I was out on Saturday in the ridiculous winds. I only got two fish in 5 hours. I didn’t see a fish that was netted. It looked like there were a lot of boats up by the dam. I didn’t get close enough to see how many there were. I talked to one other guy that said he only had 2 fish as well. I thought it would have been better. Maybe the wind and the white caps slowed the bite down.

dink sauger and big ass sheep/carp of all things is all that I could get the last 3 times out. was going to give it one last shot on Friday but found out my trailer needs new hubs so putting the boat into hibernation until March. Time to find some trout or wait for the hard stuff now.

Up by the dam:
Thursday 14th,
caught over 40 fish, mostly small,
about 6 at 13-14s
two 15 , a 16 a 17.
Ran out of bait
Monday 18th
about 25 fish, much tougher really light bites
4 at 13-14
a 15, 2 at 16, 1 at 17
FYI, the real hits today came when I started tail hooking the minnows because of the short hits and mouthing the bait.

I was out yesterday for the last time for a while looking at the forecast. Slow again with one nice 26″ and a few smaller fish. A mixed bag of white bass, red horse, and long nosed gar. Pulled Denver rigs and jigged a bit. I could have fished at the dam with minnows and caught 30 dinks playing bumper boats, but that isn’t fun for me.

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Slow for me as well. Picked up 4 -15 inch Plus fish throwing blades in the rocks (Expensive game) but that was it . Few dinks . Didnt bother going to the dam either.

Anybody been out recently? Was thinking about getting the boat out one last time this weekend

Ill prob be down this weekend also, im guessing its going to be slow, waters prob very clear

Rain coming friday, melting snow, above freezing temps should dirty the water a bit and maybe bring a little flow. I’m contemplating myself about going over Sunday.

Be alot of ice coming down

Has anybody driven by the WI back channel ramp? I am assuming it is iced over in front of the ramp in the slackwater

mojogunter wrote:

Has anybody driven by the WI back channel ramp? I am assuming it is iced over in front of the ramp in the slackwater

How was the bite today mojo ? Saw you leaving when we showed up . Scrapped a few eaters for us anyway . Nothing over 19 .

We did pretty good. 15.5, 15s, 17, 16.5, 14.5, 16s, 17, 15.5, 19.5s, 18s, 15, 19, 19, 19.75, 14.5s, 16s, 18.75, 14, 16s, 15, 14s, 16, 15s, 15.5s, 16.5, 34″ slimer. Can’t find a big fish though