Upper pool 4 report

As always, Dustin’s right on the money. The rivers to the north AND south of the lake are producing better than the lake. Much better. Since Dustin covered the north end beautifully I’ll concentrate south. The fish are moving out of the backwaters and from the cuts, not all fish of course, and setting up on dams on the main channel. I spent a good portion of the day Sunday casting cranks to dams and didn’t take big numbers but all fish were legal and I did manage one eye around 8 Lb’s or so later in the afternoon. The water levels are still way above normal so look for the dams with reduced flow as well as eddies or areas of slack water near the main flow to hold the most fish.

James Holst

Moving Waters Guide Service

http://www.movingwaters.net

How about the big strech of rip rap below Lake City down to Maple Springs? I’m taking my wife up on Friday (she likes to just come with and read sometimes) and I was planning on that rip rap, but now you guys got me thinking I should be fishing other areas. We’re coming up from Trempealeau, so we can go either way.

Thanks,
Dave

Don’t bother with the main lake if your looking for numbers of walleyes. Now if your looking for sauger that another thing. Fished from city Pier down a mile or two yesterday and caught ton of 12 inch sauger. Only two I kept that were big enough 15 and 14 3/4 but my dad hooked into a crappie around a pound and a half that tasted nice. But what I heard while talking guys was go south and north.

What pattern crank prduced the best H2O?

That rip rap stretch isn’t holding nearly as many fish as it was 3 weeks ago. If you want to fish the lake, start at Maiden Rock and work north towards the Rush. I’ve been able to take nice fish there recently. Middle of the lake has been a noticeably tougher bite. No problem though! The fish are always biting somewhere and Maiden Rock isn’t to far to boat from just about any landing on the lake.

Shad raps. Firetiger. Sizes 5 – 8

James Holst

Moving Waters Guide Service

http://www.movingwaters.net

H2O, Thank’s for the advice. Since we are coming from the south, are there any areas that would be worth checking out near the lower end of the lake? It’s about a 70 mile tow to Maiden Rock from my place. Not bad, but as I am just learning the Lake Pepin area I’d just as soon start near the lower end.

I really am excited about finding this board. I have fished the Trempealeau to Alma and down to Dresbach streches for quite a few year’s. I’m totally willing to report on my fishing success (or lack of). Sometime I’ll talk about the fabulous fishing I had during the “drought” years of the late 80’s. Wow, what a great time to throw crankbaits that was. Well anyway, thanks for the info and I will share likewise.

Dave