Fished off the barge on Monday and fishing was very slow. Ended up with only one small sauger and a whitebass for my efforts. A few other small fish taken with a handful of keepers. Behind the barge a half dozen boats were working that area pretty hard, but I didn’t see them every catch anything.

I know this is off topic, but what is the whitebass run like? I am new at fishing the area, but have spent much time in the Wolf River chasing whitebass.

Fished today off of shore below and above the Eagle Point fishing barge. Nothing doing below the barge. Above it I managed a perch and two small walleye. A large improvement over my last trip. Right before dusk there was a pretty good flurry of action from the guys on the barge, boats and guys on shore. Seemed like for every two little ones, a keeper would be caught. Eyehunter, thanks for the advice once again, it helped tremendously.

Since the park area is going to be off limits after the 1st, are there any more areas where a guy could fish off of shore and have success? I know there are some barges in the upper pools, but I was wondering if there was anything a little closer to home.

Thanks, Sledge

This is getting off the topic a bit, but I fished below the 11 dam from shore for the first time this weekend…right off of the Eagle Point fishing barge. Fishing seemed to be slow while I was there, but the boats started to pick some fish up as the afternoon wore on. My personal results were less than encouraging to say the least. I probably spent most of my time snagging up or retying. Does anyone have any tips about fishing from shore? I would love to catch a few sauger or walleye, but with my limited knowledge it just doesn’t seem like it is going to happen. I am used to fishing the Wolf River where snags are limited and most of the time I am drifting a 3-way rig with a minnow along the current. Any information would be greatly appreciated. I am hoping to get out again this weekend before that area is closed off for a while.

Thanks