Greetings All:
Well, the much cooler water has really triggered the sauger and walleye to put on the feed bag. All up and down the Mississippi river from North of Winona, MN. to Pool 16 down south, the fishing has really improved. Right now the sauger are in the majority of fish being caught by anglers up in the tailwaters but there are some walleye available. The sauger being caught are decent with a lot of small fish mixed in. When you catch these small sauger, release them to grow and fight another day.
One thing I have noticed is that many anglers still cannot tell the difference between a sauger and a walleye and are keeping small, undersized walleye in their daily catch. Learn the difference and be a responsible angler. All you have to do is Google the difference between a walleye and a sauger and you will get the correct identification answer.
As far as presentation, jig/minnow rigs still the best. Use bigger minnows, 3" size range, for best results. If you are getting a lot of short strikes, add a stinger hook to your minnow. You can either back troll or vertical jig while being stationary over one spot. Which ever your choice, stay tight to the bottom for best results. I was out at Sunrise today and did well on hair jigs tipped with a minnow also. I tie these myself and have excellent results in Spring and Fall with them. Best color this morning was a black jig head with a black/orange hair tail. Fish were loving it. One thing I will mention though is that my best action came well down river from the dam. No boats, great fishing conditions and best of all,,,lots of nice fish.
Hopefully you can get out in the near future and enjoy some excellent fishing on the Mississippi.
Regards: Lastcast Mike Cyze lastcast13@yahoo.com
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