This may seem like a dumb question to some. I cannot figure out which northern dam that defines Pool 2. Is there such a thing as Pool 1 or is it just the Mississippi River north of Pool 2? Growing up in Grand Rapids and living on the Mississippi, I never heard it referred to as Pool 1.
The Ford Dam in St. Paul sets the Northern limit of Pool 2.
Not sure if this is accurate or not but I did a google search for pool 1. It says it goes from L and Dam 1 near St. Paul north to St. Anthony Falls.
DT
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Not sure if this is accurate or not but I did a google search for pool 1. It says it goes from L and Dam 1 near St. Paul north to St. Anthony Falls.
DT
That is how I understand it. Above St. Anthony falls is not a pool to my knowledge because most of it is not navigable by barges or maybe because there is no lock at the Coon Rapids dam?
Pool 2 is located between the Hastings Damn to the south, and the Ford Damn to the north. It is also defined as down stream on the Minnesota River from the Mendota Bridge.
Full Pool 2 C&R regulated areas:
Misisipi River Valley (Ramsey, Washington, Hennepin, and
Dakota Counties) walleye, sauger, smallmouth bass, and largemouth bass: Catch-and-release with a continuous season
in the following stretches:
a) Minnesota River downstream from the Mendota Bridge;
b) Minnehaha Creek downstream from Minnehaha Falls;
and c) Pool 2 of the Mississippi River between the Hastings Dam and the Ford Dam, including all backwater lakes and connecting waters except Crosby Lake, Pickerel Lake, Upper Lake, Little Pigs Eye Lake, and North Star Steel Lake.
-J.
Pool 2 is from below LD#1 (aka-ford dam) and above LD#2
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Not sure if this is accurate or not but I did a google search for pool 1. It says it goes from L and Dam 1 near St. Paul north to St. Anthony Falls.
DT
That is how I understand it. Above St. Anthony falls is not a pool to my knowledge because most of it is not navigable by barges or maybe because there is no lock at the Coon Rapids dam?
There is a stretch above St. Anthony Falls that is navigible by barges, just not all the way to the CRD, which would be a nightmare. There is barge traffic about just up to the Camden bridge, then it gets a bit hairy.
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There is a stretch above St. Anthony Falls that is navigible by barges, just not all the way to the CRD, which would be a nightmare. There is barge traffic about just up to the Camden bridge, then it gets a bit hairy.
It’s dredged for barge traffic up to there. There is a sign stating where the dredged portion ends.
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