Hey guys I am new to the river and plan to come up this weekend to try this pool 4 everyone talks about. I am look for ideas on where to start, how deep, and what everyone has been making their go to lure! Appreciate all the help hope to make it a good first trip. 
Downriggers with red sudden death hooks/crawler and a hair jig behind it.
Welcome to Ido Erick! 
As you are inexperienced with the river, I would recommend that you park your Subaru Brat at Evert’s, go in and introduce yourself to BK, and ask for 3 or 4 of his best minnows. You should then proceed to walk the shoreline up to the dam. BK will glady give you directions if needed. When you do get to the dam, you will want to remove one of the minnows from your pocket, attach it to your largest hook (also removed from your pocket), and once ready to cast your Zebco 303, haul back and launch your 4″ bobber as far out into the scour hole as possible. Don’t worry about that old line on the 303. That stuff lasts for decades. Please post results with pictures as I am excited to see the results. Oh yeah, welcome to IDO and good luck in the tourney. If you need more advice, feel free to ask. 
I would hire this guy as a guide ….
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Downriggers with red sudden death hooks/crawler and a hair jig behind it.
Welcome to Ido Erick!
Oh, he’s fishing the tourny? I was just going to tell him to hit the MN River if he wanted lots of sauger.
I hear a 0ne-eye with a half a crawler pitched to heavy rock cover on the South end of pool 4 has been tearing up the saugers Good luck and let us know how you do 
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I would hire this guy as a guide ….
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Downriggers with red sudden death hooks/crawler and a hair jig behind it.
Welcome to Ido Erick!
What night? I’m open.
Don’t forget the ole favorite:
5 of diamonds daredevyle tipped with 3 waxworms on each treble hook. Almost like putting-er in automatic! 
Good luck to all you guys!
I’ll be checking the reports as always to see what was caught.
Great to hear all these tips. I’m now foreseeing an easy limit for my boat in the tourney…just gotta finish up installing my downriggers so I can get down deep on the flats 
Don’t forget banjo minnows!!!
Only need to use 5 pound balls.
Ocean, if you need more balls, see Erick. He has extra large balls. 
I’ve been told my ball size was sufficient but if 5 pounders are needed, I might have to talk with Erick at the tourney. That is all I have on that topic. 
Don’t look at the background.
…and what idiot would use leadcore this time of year?
with all this talk about downrigger balls it reminds me….I know the bait shop is opening early on Saturday but not being much of a coffee drinker is there hot water on site for me to dip my tea bag into the start off the day fresh and ready?
Erick should be easy to find. I am willing to bet that he is the only one walking the WI shoreline towards the dam and looking like he is lost. 
1/2 oz floating jig head and a willow cat.
Don’t knock the banjo. 
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1/2 oz floating jig head and a willow cat.
Make sure you squeeze the head tightly between your thumb and fore finger…
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1/2 oz floating jig head and a willow cat.
Make sure you squeeze the head tightly between your thumb and fore finger…
Yes, Tom. Great advice. I can’t believe I forgot.
I caught this fish last week on Pool 11. So, I hope the bite is as good up there as down here. This was caught on the 1/2 oz. floater and willow cat.
Is that another one of those Green Sunfish?
The bites great, just cant say where! Have to keep some secerts for the tournament. 
Do these trump sauger in the tournament?
BK saw a wintering school of them with his aqua view by the scour hole last winter! No joke!
Speaking of no joke, Erick are you going to be fishing all day or are you planning on coming in early…to see me, again?
Hey…who slipped all the other empties out of that photo BK????
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