High Water Woes

As usually happens, just when the walleye fishing was getting good below the dams, the water began to come up and the gates were raised. When that happens, the current gets fierce and the fish get blown away. This happens nearly every year and especially in years when we have a lot of snow like we had this year.

The only thing a fisherman can do is look for places where those fish have gone. They are out there somewhere and if you search long enough, you may find them. You want to look for places where the fish can get out of the strong current, feed and rest. Often side channels are good places to look. Check out slack water behind islands and anything else in the water that makes an eddy. The fish will get into those slack places and wait for an easy meal to swim past.

Also look for places where the water temperature may be a bit warmer. Check out side streams and below power plants where the warm water discharge runs into the river. On both the Wisconsin River and Mississippi, there are lots of places for those fish to hold, and if you find them, you’ll find a bunch of them. It’s worth the time to go looking.

Post by: Dan Bomkamp

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