New to MN - Help with fishing

[ekim22]

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.

[mnhunter1]

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

[cookie]

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.

[ekim22]

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?