Pool 2 Newbie – Where to Launch?

  • PikeFishman
    St. Paul, MN
    Posts: 364
    October 11, 2013 at 6:19 pm #1316359

    I am planning on making a maiden voyage out to Pool 2 over the next couple weeks. As a newbie to Pool 2, I am curious if there are recommendations on launch locations? I live in St. Paul and the Hidden Falls launch is about a mile away from my house, but I also want to make sure we launch somewhere we don’t need to do a ton of boat travel. Any recommendations?

    Also, any tips for presentation would be great as well. Our plan is to pitch jigs and plastics as well as crankbaits around the wing-dams.

    Mike W
    MN/Anoka/Ham lake
    Posts: 13294
    October 11, 2013 at 6:23 pm #1199769

    Being that hidden falls is that close for you it sounds like a good place to start. Lots of shoreline and the dam for pitching up that way.

    Any of the landings on pool 2 are good to go this time of year.

    DaveB
    Inver Grove Heights MN
    Posts: 4471
    October 11, 2013 at 6:41 pm #1199772

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    I am planning on making a maiden voyage out to Pool 2 over the next couple weeks. As a newbie to Pool 2, I am curious if there are recommendations on launch locations? I live in St. Paul and the Hidden Falls launch is about a mile away from my house, but I also want to make sure we launch somewhere we don’t need to do a ton of boat travel. Any recommendations?

    Also, any tips for presentation would be great as well. Our plan is to pitch jigs and plastics as well as crankbaits around the wing-dams.

    Not much for wingdams around Hidden Falls, but plenty of other good areas/structure to fish. There are a couple of goofy ones downriver of 35E bridge on the Lilydale side. With the flow so low right now, I would target areas with rip rap shorelines-those areas typically have more current.

    If you are specifically looking for wing dams, 494 launch is your best bet.

    fishthumper
    Sartell, MN.
    Posts: 11943
    October 11, 2013 at 7:20 pm #1199785

    Lions Levee park also has a great landing. Lots of parking and back channel with dock to make unloading and loading much easier than most river landings

    nhamm
    Inactive
    Robbinsdale
    Posts: 7348
    October 11, 2013 at 7:31 pm #1199793

    Find yourself an outside bend hole wherever the current is hitting some type of structure in the 6-15′ range and control drift through the area. Got a lot of fish doing that with plastics.

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