William O' Brian Smallmouth

  • fred bartling
    Posts: 57
    August 27, 2015 at 8:46 pm #1562363

    I got out today and fished the O’Brian area of the Croix for smallmouth. The weather was great and the fish cooperative. Most of my luck came fishing 3 inch tubes along deeper current rock breaks. I also caught fish wherever their was incoming water from small streams or springs. Even the smallest incoming water seemed to hold fish. Most of the time I was pitching right up to shore as the fish seemed to be holding very tight to shallow rock, timber areas. The river is a little high for this time of year which made it easy to move around. For people with larger boats this might be a good year to try this area.

    Mike W
    MN/Anoka/Ham lake
    Posts: 13370
    August 28, 2015 at 1:38 pm #1562541

    Didn’t find many bass last weekend in that area. Then again I was fishing more out in the main channel. Plenty of sheep head, suckers, and moon eye.

    FryDog62
    Posts: 3696
    August 28, 2015 at 3:55 pm #1562611

    Fred/Mike, did you catch the water temp there ?

    dbright
    Cambridge
    Posts: 1882
    August 28, 2015 at 4:55 pm #1562621

    69° Friday last week.

    Mike W
    MN/Anoka/Ham lake
    Posts: 13370
    August 28, 2015 at 9:17 pm #1562696

    67 on Sunday.

    Mike W
    MN/Anoka/Ham lake
    Posts: 13370
    September 9, 2015 at 12:17 pm #1564689

    As the water levels dropped we started finding some small mouth setting back up in the main channel using the current seams there. Would pick up a few on crawlers we set for bottom fishing. Lost on boat side that Im guessing was in the 18 to 20″ range.

    Plenty of sturgeon, walleyes, mooneye and other fish biting to.

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