I fished the Dam 3 – Red Wing area Sunday afternoon but didn’t have much luck…. or maybe I was lacking skill… but anyway, I didn’t catch anything. I was surprised to see only about six trucks at the ramp on such a warm day when I got to Everts about 11:30.
I tried down at Hay Creek, from the Y to the Vermillion, across from the Vermillion, and up near the dam. Tried trolling cranks on three-ways, jigs and ringworms, jigs and minnows, Dubuque rigs, etc. but still could not find anything. I talked to a couple of other guys who said they were finding things slow too.
I did see quite a few shad just downstream from the mouth of Hay Creek. They weren’t schooled up but you could see several of them about 6″-12″ below the surface plus some dead ones floating on the surface. I managed to catch some in my minnow scoop but most of them still had enough kick in them to dive when I got close.