Pool 4/Pepin

  • Tom Hubbard
    Posts: 48
    October 8, 2018 at 8:47 pm #1802310

    Staying in Lake City for the week on a family vacation. Zero experience fishing the area, but learning as we go. Yesterday we only got out for a few hours, but found a mixed bag trolling various cranks from Lake City marina beyond the public boat launch.
    Today I got my Mom on a solid bite just upstream from Frontenac. Jigs and Pulse R’s produced best, but did pick off a few trolling 12′ on WI side of Lake Pepin near Maiden Rock. Forecast was totally off, was actually fairly nice out there today.
    54° water.

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    Morel King
    PLAINVIEW MN
    Posts: 522
    October 8, 2018 at 8:59 pm #1802316

    waytogo thanks for the report …nicely done

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    October 9, 2018 at 8:24 am #1802367

    Congrats and thanks!

    It’s nice to get the Mom into fish once in a while.

    basseyes
    Posts: 2491
    October 9, 2018 at 9:47 am #1802402

    That’s a cool report, and great to see a mom out fishing!

    Tom Hubbard
    Posts: 48
    October 9, 2018 at 9:59 am #1802407
    basseyes wrote:

    That’s a cool report, and great to see a mom out fishing!

    Much appreciated!… It’s nice to get positive feedback from guys on here instead of the negativity that gets written on other sites.

    nhamm
    Inactive
    Robbinsdale
    Posts: 7348
    October 9, 2018 at 10:25 am #1802416

    That’s gonna be nummy!!

    Nice catch toast

    CrossSnake
    Posts: 1
    October 9, 2018 at 11:14 am #1802429

    Nice fish! How do the white bass taste? I’ve always wondered.

    Walleyestudent Andy Cox
    Garrison MN-Mille Lacs
    Posts: 4484
    October 9, 2018 at 11:23 am #1802433
    CrossSnake wrote:

    Nice fish! How do the white bass taste? I’ve always wondered.

    That’s exactly what I was going to ask. Perfect opportunity to try them side by side with walleye/sauger to compare.

    Tom Hubbard
    Posts: 48
    October 9, 2018 at 12:21 pm #1802446
    CrossSnake wrote:

    Nice fish! How do the white bass taste? I’ve always wondered.

    Pretty good if you remove the dark red meat. I mainly take the portion from above the lateral line. And when filleting down & across the fish, cut just short of the skin. That eliminates much of the strong tasting crud. I usually only keep them during colder water months.

    carnivore
    Dubuque, Iowa
    Posts: 434
    October 9, 2018 at 12:28 pm #1802450

    White bass are quality table fare. Make sure you have all the red meat/fat removed and they are good. Best meat is above the lateral line. My guests can’t tell the difference when mixed in with walleye. There is a texture difference that I notice the most. The white bass is less delicate more coarse texture than the walleye.

    Deleted
    Posts: 959
    October 10, 2018 at 6:16 am #1802643

    Very nice!!

    I didn’t know trolling was working now up there at this time. Maybe I will check it out before the 3′ rise coming Friday – Monday

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