March Shore Fishing Downtown Fort

Started fishing 6:30Am 18 degrees, during the morning I caught several huge carp and sheephead. Around 11:15Am caught My first 14″ walleye fished till 1:00Pm and called it a day. I was really surprised to see very few boats launching today and very few shore fisherman.

WeFish

caught my fair share of big ole carp also,as i fished from 530am,till 10am right beside wefish this morning(i think we tied on number of carp,lol).great morning to be out.had so much fun on those damn carp,i went back from 3pm till 430pm with my 10 yr old daughter,was fun letting her try to reel them in ,she manged to land 3.also got to meet the warden,sounds like they was getting lots of small eyes at indianford,and jefferson.

I tried a few casts of a jig and twister for 30-40 minutes both Saturday and Sunday afternoon, no bites either day.

I heard of one 20 inch caught Saturday behind the water dept.

Tried it for about an hour on Monday along the 106 wall. Water was just over the top of the wall and very fast. Too fast to keep my bottom rigs out. Gonna try it again tomorrow and this time I’m bringin’ some big weights . Probally will start by the mouth of the Bark and work my way downstream. After last year, this has to be a good one. Good luck all.

Thanks for the report hard water.

Talked to some shore anglers Tuesday and nobody catching anything downtown but they were donating jigs and plastics to the mighty rock.

Don’t take that the wrong way. With the high water and fast current and you want to catch fish you have to get to the bottom. So if your donating your on the bottom.

fished for a couple hours downtown fort,see why this post is called march madness,lots of peeps fishing,had on one carp myself,using plastics mainly got crowded out of the 2 ft piece of wall i was on,so called it a day,much more fun iwas catching fish in jan and dec without the crowds,oh well thats rock river shore fishin in march,lol,think ill have to go to night fishing but as always its all good,and beats work.keep the lines tight.

Tried it last Thursday for a about 3 hours in the afternoon. Got a couple hits, but again it was hard keeping the rig out. Was fishing along the 106 wall east of Robert Street bridge. Water was about 6 ft past the wall up the shore and really fast. Saw one fisherman with a 18″ male. Gonna try again late on Tuesday afternoon and into the night.

Some call it combat fishing. Which is why I am in no hurry to get to the rock right now. Will get back to the Rock after I get some some boat work done.

Derek

I managed to get to the river between 2:30 and 4 PM Sunday to fish from shore down river from Robert Street. I did contribute a few jigs to the bottom before getting my first bite of the year at 3 PM and hauled in a 19.25″ female. It hit on a 3/8 oz Lindy Max Gap jig and a 4″ Lindy Munchie both in chartreuse. Lots of boats out all weekend. I didn’t see anyone anchored getting bites and those drifting were flying by so fast in the current I don’t know how they could manage to keep a rig near the bottom. Apparently the current must have been too much for most trolling motors because I didn’t see any of them trying to slip the current. I even got out to the family pond Saturday with my 4 year old who has been begging to fish with me for months. The best part is we didn’t catch anything but he still had a blast and wants to go again. I also took him to the Madison zoo Sunday morning and watched the muskies try to jump the spillway into Lake Wingra. That’s definitely something worth going to see if you’ve never been there. See you on the river. – Gregg

Nice fish Databoy,
I guess the afternoon bite was better I fished Sunday 6:00AM till 10:00AM down by the Water Dept. Just one carp and no one else was doing any better around Me.

WeFish

gave it a try sun night,6pm till 9pm,used a minnow on bottom with just enough weight to keep it there,managed 2 shorties,about 14.5 each,saw one other fish caught.fishe hit real light,hard to tell with the wind.was between main st bridge and old railroad bridge,movin around some.gonna try late night run this weekend