Pepin

Triend fishing Pepin for the second time ever this afternoon and I have one small sauger to show for my efforts. Just wondering what I should be using as I am not use to fishing anywhere with this amount of current. I treid spoons tipped with minnow heads and jiging raps with no luck.

Thanks in advance

your using the rite baits but the size and color can be a big deal. pepin when it comes to the river dose not have a lot of current so don’t think twice to down size your spoons and jigging raps. i often use spoons as light as 1/16oz. move around and change your presentation. what works today won’t always work tomorrow. some days they want bait falling the next day on the rise or even dead sticked. the lake can be hot today and cold the next. keep at it and you will catch fish. its a great fishery so don’t get down over a few slow days.

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your using the rite baits but the size and color can be a big deal. pepin when it comes to the river dose not have a lot of current so don’t think twice to down size your spoons and jigging raps. i often use spoons as light as 1/16oz. move around and change your presentation. what works today won’t always work tomorrow. some days they want bait falling the next day on the rise or even dead sticked. the lake can be hot today and cold the next. keep at it and you will catch fish. its a great fishery so don’t get down over a few slow days.

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Pepin when it comes to the river does not have alot of current. I have fished Pepin for many years, both comercially and sport.Somedays,depending on flow, there can be alot of current. I have put jigs down in the winter and swear you could have gone down river 15ft and pick up your jig on your electronics. I am just saying, don’t underestimate Lake Pepin, esecially during the winter if your out driving on it. I have seen good ice go to extreemly bad in just a matter of a few short hours.There are also many points out there that have alot of current comming around them.Just don’t EVER get too confident on Lake Pepin. Be Safe!!!

Welcome to IDO If there is one area of fishing the river that you shouldn’t beat yourself up about or bang your head against a wall trying to figure out-I would say that ice fishing pepin would be that area. You could hit the jackpot and have them dialed 1 out of 20 trips, but most likely your best bet will be an hour before dark, and you MIGHT scrape 1-3 keeps. Just my opinion or experience. The work it takes:safety:something to show for it ratio hasn’t added up for this guy. Rather dump the boat in on a decent day at Evert’s. Good luck

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your using the rite baits but the size and color can be a big deal. pepin when it comes to the river dose not have a lot of current so don’t think twice to down size your spoons and jigging raps. i often use spoons as light as 1/16oz. move around and change your presentation. what works today won’t always work tomorrow. some days they want bait falling the next day on the rise or even dead sticked. the lake can be hot today and cold the next. keep at it and you will catch fish. its a great fishery so don’t get down over a few slow days.

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Pepin when it comes to the river does not have alot of current. I have fished Pepin for many years, both comercially and sport.Somedays,depending on flow, there can be alot of current. I have put jigs down in the winter and swear you could have gone down river 15ft and pick up your jig on your electronics. I am just saying, don’t underestimate Lake Pepin, esecially during the winter if your out driving on it. I have seen good ice go to extreemly bad in just a matter of a few short hours.There are also many points out there that have alot of current comming around them.Just don’t EVER get too confident on Lake Pepin. Be Safe!!!

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Read what is there. I dose not say there is NO current it said when it comes to the river it’s not a lot. It is a fact that when you take a body of water as wide a pepin over a mile wide in spots and force all that water down to a few 100 yard wide the current is night and day different. come down to my end the current is so great there are sections that NEVER freeze. Your jig being 15 feet down river wow try 30+ feet normal in other sections of the river. The point made in the post was not to down play the amounts of current. the point is you can us light baits on pepin and be just fine. Learn to read what a persons point is and quit jumping to conclusions that have nothing to do with the point being made……

Bassmaster I think your original post was right on. I don’t know danman but I am guessing he and most get what you were saying-sometimes people throw stuff out there in case newbies to the ice are reading for the first time. IDK, it’s all good gents, anyone else have tips for SmMth???

SmMouthhunter said he had just fished Pepin for the second time ever,I just wanted him to be carefull out there and be carefull where he goes because there are places with alot of currnent and bad ice.
Just looking out for a fellow fisherman and WASN”T trying to cut your post down!!

Welcome to IDO

In visiting with anglers here that are fishing open & hard water this year,the lake bite has been spotty.I am sure that if you hang with it,experiment and put your time in,you will be rewarded!With that said,seems like someone is always got a bite going somewhere doing something on Pepin,so enjoy the learning curve and hang in there!You will have your day,and probably be helping someone else on the bite.

Guys thanks for the tips I realy apreciate it. I was hoping to get back on the horese and try my luck again this weekend depending on what mother nature throws at us. This type of fishing is a new thing for me I am useto fishing shallow water for panfish and even though I got the skunk last time out I enjoyed trying something new.