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Mississippi River (Monticello to St. Cloud)
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Mississippi River (Monticello to St. Cloud) Fishing Reports
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Smallmouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Tubes
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Crawfish
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Live Bait Rigs
Structure
River Channels
Forage
Minnows
Usually I use sucker minnows in the 3-4 inch range but today I decided to use suckers in the 4-7 inch range and it payed off. I got this 20 incher and a few other really nice ones great way to end the season
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Ice
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Rock Pile
Caught good numbers with a simple hop and drag technique. I tried other small JDM finesse swimbaits but the GobyZ was what they wanted. Caught many fish stacked up together in the deepest water I could find not in direct current but next to it.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Was able to catch a nice 11-pound bag for my best five from shore using the mega bass 110 jr. They were hitting it hard. Make sure to bring extra treble hooks to replace broken ones from the fish hitting the bait so hard. Flashier colors seemed to work better than natural colors but cycle through your colors if you don't get bit within 5 minutes or so.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Rock Pile
Was throwing the spark-shad swimming it on the bottom
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Tubes
Structure
Rip Rap
Forage
Crawfish
Recently I have gotten my open water fix near the hot water discharges in Monticello. Fishing a tube low and slow has been productive catching some numbers, with good size mixed in. This included a 4.82lb kicker last weekend. I have been fishing my tubes very similar to a ned rig, letting them fall on a slackline and then slowly dragging and hopping the tube back to the bank. Bites have been surprisingly hard for the wintertime.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Boulders
Decided to throw the Vision110 in 3-4ft. 2 pops and always getting hit on the pause!
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Ice
Technique
Football Jigs
Structure
River Channels
The little spotty is a great jig. The baby goat is one of my favorite trailers for it as well. Paired up they can mimic a craw or a small baitfish like a Sculpin. This pair looks nice on the swim as well. One of my main any time of the year baits. I caught all my biggest Smallmouth on the Saint Croix this past summer with this pairing. The Little Spotty has been the best jig I have ever used at not getting hung up and has a good hook up and land ratio. Tossed the Gobius around a bit as well for the first time. Its a Dark sleeper knock off obviously but maybe out performs the Sleeper with hook up ratio from first experience with it. Time will tell if it replaces the Dark Sleeper for me one of the all time Smallmouth baits in my experience.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Forage
Minnows
Bite was slow today but on my second cast I got this beauty on a drop shot hula stick usually I fish this on a ned rig but there was a lot of debris on the bottom so I put it on a drop shot rig and it worked. Fatheads also worked well today and since I don’t use all my bait I started hooking 2 fatheads at once and I works great
