Pool #3

  • ricelake5
    Posts: 20
    March 29, 2023 at 6:40 am #2191802

    I know that walleye fishing is shut down from St. Croix influx to the north, but I was going to try and escape the Pool 4 crowd and try Pool 3 this weekend. Have never been on it and was curious on the early season fishing there. Looking for some general input. Thanks

    dirk-w.
    Minnesota
    Posts: 481
    March 30, 2023 at 6:35 pm #2192323

    The guys I know deal with the pool4 crowds rather than the pre-spawn bite on pool 3, at least this time of the year. When the backwaters open up it may be a bit different. Too bad Prescott to the dam isn’t open.

    Charlie W
    TRF / Pool 3 / Grand Rapids, MN / SJU
    Posts: 1154
    March 31, 2023 at 8:06 am #2192365

    Yes you can catch prespawn fish in there right now but it’s not really worth your time until right before they drop their eggs. The few days leading up can be really good but timing is everything. Then shortly after spawn it is game on.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    March 31, 2023 at 11:25 am #2192437
    dirk-w. wrote:

    Too bad Prescott to the dam isn’t open.

    Working on it Dirk!

    buckybadger
    Upper Midwest
    Posts: 8039
    March 31, 2023 at 12:20 pm #2192453

    ^This would be awesome BK.

    I probably wouldn’t fish Pool 3 often, but it would be another option to spread anglers out. Pool 5 is very underrated and a great option this time of the year as I am sure Pool 3 would be.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    March 31, 2023 at 7:34 pm #2192576
    dirk-w. wrote:

    Seriously? Most excellent. Odds?

    I don’t want to say yet. I’m afraid of the jinx!

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