Early, Early spring river fishing....

[sami0115]

i spent last night organinzing tackle boxes again... i really need to get out bass fishing. fortunately i live near the Mississippi (can see it out the window of my house). the river is usually fishable by mid to late march and i would like to get out as soon as possible. i have had some luck in the past fishing the rip-rap on the side of the river where the sun has been hitting it. but am looking for some more info on where to look for bass early in the year. where exactly are the spots that the bass would go in the winter before they start coming up to the rip-rap for warmth? this may be a good spot to start. if anyone is really feeling the bass shakes this spring, i would love to have a fishing partner in March. (the river is open to bass fishing year round, so we don't have to wait till the end of May to chase them)

[Navigator]

How about a short drive to Minneiska? I always had good March fishing north of you in the tail out area of the weaver slough...that general area produced largemouth and smallmouth bass. I know what you mean about not having to wait for the opener, when you live down there! Nav

[sami0115]

thanks... i will look into that spot.. i have never been there but i should be able to find it. do the bass hang in deep water below the dams during the winter?

[Dan Wood]

Andy,

Let me know if your looking for a partner sometime - I'll be fishing the river from April 'til opener. I mainly fish Pool 4, but would be open to explore new water too...

[sami0115]

hey Dan, that would be great. i will let you know when i get the boat out of storage (around mid March hopefully) i'm on Pool 6 and live right across the highway from the boat landing in Homer (just south of Winona 3 miles on Hwy 61)

[river rat316]

I would also be open to goin out for a day, that would be new territory for me.... maybe we should have a fm gathering there in march!! It would give us the oppertunity to all get rid of the BASS shakes!!

[sami0115]

sounds fine to me.. let me know when. you can all plan your tire purchases around that time. then leave your vehicles at my shop while we all go fishing....

[RobertELee]

Hey Andy its Rob my truck will be needing new tires soon and I was thinking of getting my tires from you anyway (for letting me fish with you). I guess I would be able to take you up on that offer. Email me if you are interested. [email protected]

Good Advertisement "I'll take you fishing if you buy some tires"

[sami0115]

we should put together a mini tourney down here in March or April. i could be called the "Bass Shakes Open".

[Dan Wood]

yea, let's do it.. any excuse to get out early on open water is good.. pool 6??

[Wayne Ek]

Dan, I would be up for this... Could we consider pools 4 and 5, then some of us could get a little pre-fishing in for upcoming tourneys... 32 degrees up here in Alex. today, I feel like standing on the dock and tossing a topwater, think they could get through the ice?

[sami0115]

i am on Pool 6.. there is a reasonable ammount of parking at the landing near my house (which is right near the landing). we could fish and then gather at my place to have a few beers and b.s.

lets take a poll and see how many are interested in getting together...

[BigMike]

March or April huh... chilly - but I'm in! I think April would be your best luck for getting into some fish. I know they start tourneys come mid to late April from Pool 4 on down. Dan - looking for a bass shakes partner

Dan - sorry I haven't gotten back to you on the email - my home email has been jacked. Just got back up and running over the weekend. I'll be shooting you an email in the next day or two just to catch up.

[Mark Christianson]

I'd love to try an early run.

But I would be a fish outta water trying to figure out what to do down there......

Gotta start somewhere though.

[river rat316]

Im in..... if I get a trailer and the river rat special fixed up by then otherwise Ill spectate and harass from shore

[bass-o-matic]

Depending on the date, I might be interested. It depends on if I'm turkey hunting or not though in April.

[wastewaterguru]

Well, I might be talked into this one as well. I got the shakes pretty bad right now.

[Mr Special]

WWG,

I don't think those shakes are from bass fishin Bud. j/k

Too bad I miss ya at the Med Event. But I may interested in this also.

I just had a dream about bass fishing two nights ago. Then the wife woke me up, because I was yelling in my sleep.

I told her never to do that again.

[river rat316]

we gonna keep this goin? I think it would be a blast to get together early n the year like this!

[Dan Wood]

I'd like to do this... If Andy gets something going on Pool 6 I'd be up for it, or else we can do Pool 4. I know a lot of us will be fishing down there prior to regular opener anyway...

[sami0115]

i was thinking about the weekend of April 15 & 16. how does that sound.

should we do individual or 2 man teams?

i would like to do Pool 6 only because that is the only pool i have been in on the river. i am rather nervous about taking out the lower unit and would feel more comfortable staying on Pool 6. however, it wouldn't be the end of the world if we decided to try a different pool.

Andy

[sami0115]

i am planning on getting out in March as well, but by the second weekend of April we should have a better chance of warmer weather.

if anybody wants to come down earlier than the second weekend of April, let me know.

[bass-o-matic]

You could always launch on 6 and let people lock up or down the pools if they so desire? Where are you thinking of launching/weighing? I think that might be the weekend I drew for turkeys, so I'll be in the area anyway!

[sami0115]

i live right next to the landing in Homer. so i was thinking of doing it there. if people wanted to go thru the locks to other pools that would be fine. we should start talking about all the details now.