Pool 4 Sloughs at Pepin
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Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Points
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
71°
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Points
Forage
Crawfish
Heavy rain all morning, had to fish very slowly, bass wouldn’t touch moving baits, threw the senko out over sand points and fished very slowly allowing sink time, and time for the bait to just sit on bottom. Don’t be in a rush when you know fish are around, downsize or finesse tactics got it done for me today!
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
For whatever reason today I caught every single fish out of eel grass… not normally the case, but was just pitching a craw tube around in and out of the weed edge. Couldn’t get but in milfoil or coontail, all the fish came out of the eel grass, try to focus time on the outside weed edge with access to deeper nearby water!
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Grass Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
The bass were relating to small openings or edges of the weed line that had rock bottom, they weren’t out over sand or on the edge the bottom had to be rock, so focus on those transition areas, and don’t be afraid to fire that jig into the grass and pop it out, can get crazy reaction strikes that way!
Species
Panfish / Bluegill
Season
Fall
Technique
Vertical Jigging 0-9'
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Insects
Small worm with small hook and small sinker, find a good laydown tree in about 6-10 feet of water with a nice slow current. Produced a lot of big sunfish, 4 over 9".
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Structure Jigs
Structure
Reeds
Water Temperature
55°
Found some nice ones way up shallow, even in the low water. Flipped around a Beast Coast jig and found em!
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
75°
With the river being so low finding backwater areas with current were key. We found a sand bar with scattered grass that had lots of smallmouth and largemouth feeding on 1-2 inch shad. We were able to catch them on the back side of the sandbar with a ned rig and then targeted feeding fish on top with a mini max chatterbait.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Topwater Walking
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Shad
Get out early! Had lots of fish activity, but they were not hitting any moving baits, tried some jigs and Texas rigs with no bites. Switched to the cover pop and worked it very slow pausing every couple feet as it walked back and fourth(note this is a popper, but when worked correctly it also walks back and fourth creating the ability to move it in the strike zone for a longer time). Started getting fish swirling on it, eventually they started hammering it with big topwater explosions! Good luck all!
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Topwater Prop
Structure
Rip Rap
Was targeting Rip Rap and wing dams, also caught a few on a ned rig.