Pool 5A Mississippi
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Pool 5A Mississippi Fishing Reports
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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
River Channels
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Topwater Popping
Structure
Points
Forage
Shad
Visually seeing shad flicking out of the water along with boils was key to accurately targeting fish. Focused on both upstream and downstream points with scattered eelgrass. Also caught some good fish on wingdams.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Laydowns
Water Temperature
52°
Water is warm enough to give those wingdams a break and go looking shallow for some largemouth. Great time to target bass pulling up on laydowns and rock walls.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Matted Grass
Moving water around eelgrass and duckweed was the ticket. 5a is one of my favorite pools and does not disappoint when you get in the right pocket.
Species
WalleyeSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Finesse Hair Jigs
Structure
Dam
Water Temperature
54°
I was fishing the Mississippi river while it was flooded! I got into some Walleye along with some smallmouth bass. Overall great day fishing!
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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Swim Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
65°
It rain all morning and the only thing I could get them to eat today was a black/blue swim jig or black/blue chatterbait. Water was fairly clean, fishing in about 5ft or less but most were up super shallow.
Species
Northern PikeSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Laydowns
Chasing Spawning Pike is a blast! I worked a spinnerbait all day and did really well! I caught majority around laydowns and weed edges!
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Flooded Brush
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
63°
We were in Winona for the MN Bass Nation Team Trail event. We found fish in a combination of flooded timber and brush during practice. By tournament day the fish seemed to have moved out of the timber and we found most agressive fish around standing weeds. Fish were in a mix of pre-spawn, spawn and post-spawn, the most active fish were around moderate flow in the grass and chasing chatterbaits and swimbaits. Lots of nice pike mixed in, we caught several pike over 30" in the same areas with the bass.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Reeds
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
62°
On Saturday it seemed like the bass were oriented on hard cover like flooded trees but on Sunday we were catchen a lot of bass on green grass with a little current and some on old Reed beds.
