Today was advisement day here at UW-Stout meaning classes are cancelled and meetings are held. I however was excused from these meetings as I’ll be finishing up school in December, so no advising was needed. With a full day off, it didn’t take much thinking to determine a trip to Pool-2 was in order. Since I moved back to Menomonie in September, my Pool-2 trips have been short n’ sweet consisting of a few afternoon trips here and there; so needless to say, a day like this was due 
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Concentrating my efforts on pitching jig’s at high flow areas I found fish to be actively feeding and aggressively thumping baits. The first few wingdams in a series were a sound bet and while I found fish out off the tips, paying special attention to the middle and shoreline portion of the dams accounted for almost all of my bigger fish today. Main river rock-piles and day-markers also produced a few fish and showed healthy signs of activity. Most of my fish came from right up on top of the dams or real tight to shore, typically hooking-up in less than 5FOW.
Moving around, not spending too much time in one particular spot allowed me to stay mobile and keep on active fish. Also consistently changing baits and presentations really seemed to help when the bite went cold. For the most part I pitched Pro-Blue and Oystershell paddletails however chartreuse/black hair-jigs and BFT blades took some fish as well. I found jig color made very little difference, but out of preference I was using the unpainted lead-color jigs. Jig weights however seemed much more critical, changing according to location; for the most part 3/16oz and 1/4oz were used.
I didn’t get the chance to cast crank-baits as the pitching bite kept me busy; however I noticed a couple boats doing this and would assume fish could still be taken this way.
Overall today was very successful landing a good number of fish in a variety of sizes, ranging from 12” to a touch over 29”. The wind was perfect for a pitching bite and temperature was a nice change from this past week.
With any luck I’ll get a few more days off like this before ice up to spend some quality time down there on the water. Living so close we almost take a fishery like this for granted, Pool-2 is truly a hidden treasure.
We’ll see ya out there 
Pete
Pete,
Nicely written report, and a good read.
Congratulations on getting out to a few different bodies of water this week, and enjoying some great success.
Awesome.
Jack
Nice report and awesome fish Pete!
The walleye in the first photo is expecially nice but that third photo really caught my eye. Looks to be one heck of a monster sauger. Any chance you put a tape or scale to that fish?
Another great report Pete
That 29 is a beauty 
We all need a few advisement days this time of year, I’ll ask my boss if she ever heard of them
Dude….you are on a roll, awesome read and pictures
No doubt!!!
Great job Pete!!
Jami
Nice job on the eyes. Not to forget, that one saug is a TANK!!! Nice job on the fishing.
Holy Crap Pete! Nice fish, great report
Great job, Pete. Enjoy it while you can….you’ll join the ranks of the 9-5’ers soon enough.
It was right at 21.5″, not quite a monster but a nice fish non-the-less. I know there are Saugers in there that make this fish look tiny
Thanks for the reminder Jason
Great fish!!
You will now go from a few ALL-NIGHTERS per year to 365 ALL-DAYERS until you retire which will probably be when you are 75 if you are lucky. Just a little pick-me-up for Graduation. Congrats though.
Nice fish Pete. That bite down there has been pretty good as of late. Purple or Blue hair jigs have been working well for me. For plastics it been Firecracker/Chartreuse Paddle tails and K grubs. ITs been a few falls since the K grubs have seen much action in my boat but there have been day lately where the fish really respond to the action of there large tails. Sure cant beat the numbers pool 2 is kicking out rite now either.
Nicely done Pete!
You are on a roll! 
Maybe we should hit P2 this weekend for a day.
Those are some darn nice eyes
Some very nice fish Pete. Like Mike said it’s been pretty good lately but unfortunately I have not been out as much I would have hoped the last week or two. Hope to make it out this weekend a bit.
Nice fish and great report Pete
Great report sir! I lost at the boat what was probably my best fish for the year yesterday on a firecracker chartreuse tail paddletail. I was solo so the net man sucked.
dd
looks like you did a little teaching yourself. i see the one pic was after dark. we’ve gotten all of the big ones at or after dark this past week 16 walleyes all between 22″-26″.
Great read Pete. Nice Job!
Nice report Pete! Good to see you guys down there the other night too. And don’t believe everything we say!!! Its not that bad
Thanks Pete….I’ll give it a whirl this wknd.
JP
Beautiful fish Pete!! Thanks for the great read!!
U DA MAN!!
Thanks Guy’s!
I won’t Joe
Great fishing with ya yesterday Pete!
As soon as I find my camera cord I will download some awesome pics from yesterday!
My pleasure Tuck, Let’s do it again here soon!
There are a few guys on the River that really have the Fall bite dialed in! Pete Bauer is one of them!!
We hit some wingies on Pool 2 the other night that I have not seen since my catfishing days on that pool! It sure was fun to get back over there! Thanks for jumping in with me Pete! And I promise I wont tell ANYONE what you were using!!! 
Not much I can add to what Mikah and Pete have already offered up for info and detail on this bite. Great job guys!