Mississippi River Pool 4 1/27/08

By little_g 0

With the warmer than normal temps forcasted for this weekend I just couldn’t stay off the river. Going into the weekend I wasn’t sure how the fishing would be since we had a major cold snap for most of the week. I found my answer to that in short order once fishing…… it didn’t bother them one bit.

One major thing I have noticed over the years of fishing this river system is that the fish do not re-act to fronts passing by like they do in lakes. It seems as though the more constant the water level and water temp are the better the fishing. This meaning that the first day or last day of a major weather change aren’t nearly as much of a factor, mainly because everything is still pretty much steady. With that being said, it still can change things slightly. The fish may move a little deeper, or shallower, and the also may want a differnt presentation or a differnt color.

This weekend I pretty much ran my same program as weeks prior. I did make one slight changed that greatly increased our catch rate during the mid-day. Instead of pitching blades to our normal sand flats and rip rap shorelines, we switched it up to going vertical and going deeper. I noticed that the fish we have been catching lately up shallow have moved out deeper on sand breaks. 14 to 18 feet seemed to be our best depths for the mid-day bite. Both vertical jigging and pitching these depths worked well with the 1/4 oz B3 Blades. Our best colors would have to be anything firetiger, or black. The afternoon bite proved to be much of the same as weeks prior. Dragging 1/16th and 3/32 jigs with firecracker Chart. Tail, or purple chart. tail seemed to be best.

I was also informed of a good mid-day dragging bite in deeper water. Best colors I heard were Chartruese orange core, and firecracker chart. tail. I am not positive on depths or jig weights so maybe someone that got in on this bite will chime in on that.

It was a great weekend once again. It was great seeing all of you around, Jim, Jason, Kurt, Doc, Mr. Incredible, Scott, Dustin, Robby and everybody else that I didn’t mention.

Sorry about the last two pictures and the pictures to follow. The camera was out in the cold and we took pictures inside. Cold camera and warm air do not go together very well.

Until next time………..

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  1. A few more photos.

    The last picture is for you, Brian K. Although the big jon boat didnt make it down there , the boys did, and did very well.

  2. Thanks for the report and pics Eric. Some of the best weights I have seen have been in cold nasty weather. River fish react differnt than lake fish and alot of us who live in the area of the river can be glad of that. Kind of like having our cake and eating it too. Pool 4 does a great job of spoiling us for sure.
    Thanks, Bill

  3. ERIC,GREAT REPORT AND ARE YOU SURE IT WAS THE COLD WEATHER THAT MADE YOUR CAMERA GO BAD .THOSE GUYS WITH THE BIG FISH LOOK LIKE ROUGH CHARACTERS… THE ONE WITH THE FUNNY HAT AND THE OTHER WITH THE SHINY HEAD.

  4. Nice report Eric! I don’t know when I’m getting down there again. And its making me sad
    Hopefully soon!

    dd

  5. Hey you forgot to mention that we are holding those fish ransom for a unmentioned price hey nice report Eric See ya this weekend!!

  6. Nice fish and great report. I really like this website cause the reports are always so informative. I don’t fish the Miss much but I’m sure the tactics used will work great where I fish on the Wisconsin. Thanks a lot and keep em coming

  9. Quote:

    ERIC,GREAT REPORT AND ARE YOU SURE IT WAS THE COLD WEATHER THAT MADE YOUR CAMERA GO BAD .THOSE GUYS WITH THE BIG FISH LOOK LIKE ROUGH CHARACTERS… THE ONE WITH THE FUNNY HAT AND THE OTHER WITH THE SHINY HEAD.

    That could be I guess I hadn’t thought of that.

    Quote:

    Hey you forgot to mention that we are holding those fish ransom for a unmentioned price hey nice report Eric See ya this weekend!!

    I didn’t want to upset BK to much and give him all the details I should be down friday night, so I will see ya when you get there

  11. Part of this weekends crewI was also informed of a good mid-day dragging bite in deeper water. Best colors I heard were Chartruese orange core, and firecracker chart. tail. I am not positive on depths or jig weights so maybe someone that got in on this bite will chime in on that.

    5/16 for weight in low 20 foot range.

  12. Good report Eric,wish I would have got out this past weekend,but couldn’t make it.Did you skin them cats for BK?or does he only eat flatheads?

  13. Thanks for the report Eric, the weekends go way to fast.
    For us on Sunday the depths were 16-20FOW dragging 3/16 downstream and 5/16 back upstream. I stuck with plain jig heads. Char. orange core was the was the hot color.

    Jeremy

  17. The windchill here was -47 at 6:30 this morning…tough to fire up for soft or hard water… It peaked to a balmy 4 degree high today!

  19. I hope the bite stays good until tomorrow

    Lntony and myself are making the run up to Pool 4 for some open water action

  20. I see this bite staying solid until the water warms and the clarity goes down. Until that I think the bite sould stay pretty much the same. Plan on being down friday night and staying until sunday night. If you see me around dont be afraid to give me a

    Good luck Wats and report back on how you did.

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