How’s the bite up in that stretch of the river? We have had misty rain for the past several days and my local river is up, but clear. I’ve had some reports of guys doing pretty well. How are they doing it? Where? All my fish go back into the water, if that makes any difference in your willingness to share. 
Fished last Sunday and the Sunday before in the winneshiek area, lots of 12-15 inch sauger and an occasional walleye. Hit the wingdams in the afternoon and caught bigger walleyes and northerns. Hair jigs and one eyes were the main bait of choice, jigs tipped with minnows, most walleyes were caught behind the wingdam closer to shore, casting light hair jigs. Black, purple,/ Blue, Silver, were colors that produced for me. Anything dark with a little flash seemed to work. Hope this helps.
Jake
Plan on going to the River Friday morning. I heard they were smacking walleyes and sauger below Genoa dam. I havent decided if I should try the Winneshiek Area (a favorite area)or head up to Genoa.
Thanks for the info guys. Started in MN slew and had a couple short fish and 2 northerns. Nobody was on the wingdams by Desoto so we ran up to the dam. You could scratch some saugers by the dam, most were short though. Tried Lynxville on Sunday with similar tough luck. Probably should have gotten up early and hit it. From the sound of things, seems like midweek last week was the time to be there. Someday I’ll be retired and will be able to go when I want not when I can. Thanks again for the help.
I tried for a few hours on Sunday but the water was trashed and had very little luck.
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