well it wasnt fast and furious fishing but we did boat our fairshare of fish yesterday, got out at 5:30 and started fishing behind the boat docks. had a couple short strikes so we put stingers on and got a small smalle and 2 (8, 14) saugers. so we moved down river a little bit to the point around the marina and it was on.. got a couple little saugers. then moved in a little bit shallower 5-10 fow and drug lindy rigs and ive never caught so many big smallies in my life. we probaly ended up catching around 20 or so. lindy rigs with floaters and minnows. biggest went almost 5 lbs(forgot the digital camera so its on a disposable). with a couple 4s and 3s. after that died off we drove down to buffalo slough and ran up towards the casino and turned around and started our first troll. not 2 mins after we set up dad caught a 14 7/8 in eye. that was the only fish there in an hour of fishing. so we ran back up to see if the smallies were still there but the werent so we ran up the croix. stopped at the point out from the bluffs and only i fished(dad snoozed in the bottom of the boat). i threw out 2 lindys 1 with red hook,chartruse bead, and leech, and 1 with a red slow death hook with crawler. missed 2 fish on each(asleep at the wheel). so ran back down towards presscott and fished off the point again. ended up catching 5 respectable saaugers for dinner tonight and probaly 10 shaorts. the key was to turn the bow mount on constantly on 4 or 5(speed) and go into the current. start at the first wing dam that is marked and just go up to the point. hot rig was a 3/8 oz lindy sinker, barrel snap, 2.5 to 3 foot flouro leader to a teardrop floater(northland) with a minnow,leech,or crawler… hope some of this info helps.
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