Wouldn’t it be nice if the big walleye bonanza that I was seeing earlier in the month of October would never slow down? Yea, I thought so to, but that’s not been the case for me. 
. The walleye bite has been on the slow side for my boat on the last 4 outings. At one time it was as if we could do no wrong, now it’s as if I can’t do anything right!
Good numbers of walleye have been tough to come by over the past couple of weeks. Since the water started to rise and get some stain to it, the walleye bite has slowed. Do I expect it to stay this way? Heck no! They got to eat sometime. Now that the water has stabilized for the most part those fish should be able to settle in and become more comfortable. Enticing them to bite might be easier on us anglers 
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The typical slower bite presentations have been working best for me. Hair jigs, or a hair jig tipped with a minnow in the patriot color pattern have worked best for me the last couple of trips. I have taken some time away from the walleye bite at certain times to play with the saugers. Plastics have been good to me while targeting these fish. . Chartreuse/orange precision heads tipped with purple cracker, or purple/chartreuse tail ringworm has been best for my boat.
I look for high water walleye patterns to emerge for the next couple of weeks. Look for slow moving water along the rivers edge, walleye will be set up in the slower moving water and hopefully looking for their next meal.
The weather looks to be nice over the next week. Get out and get after um!
I’ll see you on the river 
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Thanks for the report Dustin. I’m hoping to get out Wednesday. Looks like I should prepare for a tough bite.
Great Report Dustin! As usual, nice lookin’ fish
The last few trips for me have been pretty tough walleye wise as well. Regardless, when are you going to come up and fish P2??
When it gets good
Dustin… It’s Pool-2, it’s always good
Again, great report
Thanks again for letting me spend the day with you Dustin. I learned a ton. Can’t wait to get back in the crestliner this spring.
Justin, I am looking forward to the Spring trip as well.
How has the river been treating you down that way?
Great report Dustin. Thanks for the info. I am thinking about taking my mom down for a little sauger action this weekend. Hopefully the bit will be picking back up.
Great report Dustin
I have been fishing a lot this month and when we can get around all the weeds floating down we have put a few fish in the boat. Every day it seems to get a little better. we are night fishing this week which is a lot of fun! See ya in 2010.
? what is a wing dam
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A wing dam is a manmade barrier that, unlike a conventional dam, only extends partway into a river. These structures force water into a fast-moving center channel which reduces the rate of sediment accumulation, while slowing water flow near the riverbanks.
The Mississippi River has thousands of wing dams which were originally constructed to reduce the amount of dredging required when the main navigation channel was maintained to at least 4½ feet (1.37 m). Since that time, additional conventional dams have been built to increase the water level in the river, doubling the depth of the navigation channel to 9 feet (2.75 m). The wing dams still serve their purpose, but to a lesser extent than before.
They have some interesting side effects, too, like creating turbulence in places that create scour holes in the river bottom… NICE place for fishing, them. Before the dams got bigger, the space between wing dams would actually accumulate sediment and fill in, creating wooded shoreline habitat for many species including the now-extinct barking tree moose and a rare specie of catfish, the “wood cat”.
Funny what you learn reading signs and posters at places like Lock and Dam #1…
thank you for your help with this
greet tips