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Minnesota - Specific Areas => Mississippi and St. Croix Rivers => Topic started by: ekim22 on February 02/02/13, 07:59:42 PM

Title: New to MN - Help with fishing
Post by: ekim22 on February 02/02/13, 07:59:42 PM

My wife & I bought a home in October just upstream from the confluence of the Crow River into the Mississippi.  On the Elk River side.

I am pretty excited at the prospects of exploring the river this spring & summer.  I've got my eye on heading upstream to the 169/10 bridge, hoping to find some deeper water.

Any advice or general conversation about this section of the river is greatly appreciated.  I managed to fish from shoreline a few days before the colder weather set in and caught about 1/2 dozen smallmouth and 1 small northern.  All on soft plastics.

Title: Re: New to MN - Help with fishing
Post by: mnhunter1 on February 02/03/13, 10:33:41 PM

Never fished that area but sounds like your off to a good start

Title: Re: New to MN - Help with fishing
Post by: cookie on February 02/04/13, 06:42:55 AM

we used to fish it quite a bit down by the coon rapids dam. Just a plain hook and sinker tipped with a fathead working the eddies. It was a hot as you always had action and never new what you were going to catch.

Title: Re: New to MN - Help with fishing
Post by: ekim22 on February 02/20/13, 01:53:47 PM

Thanks.   Does anyone know which "pool" I'm in?


Also - when will I start seeing the first fishing boats venturing back out onto the river and what will they be fishing for?