Strong Current but Some Fishing Action

Despite strong currents in both the Mississippi and Wisconsin rivers, there are a few fish being caught.  At the dams on the Mississippi they are getting white bass and still getting perch behind the long wall of the dam.  These are 12 inch perch and bigger so they’re really worth the effort.

On the Wisconsin the current is still very strong but the water has dropped back into the banks of the river.  My brother tried it this week and got one smallmouth and a real surprise, a brown trout.  While trout are very rare in the river, they do show up in the spring, often after a flood.  They get washed out of trout streams and the river water is fresh and cool enough for them to survive.  Catching one is quite rare but it does happen.

We need some warm days and nights to get the water temperature up a bit and then we’ll see much better fishing.  Next weekend is Opening Day for inland waters and hopefully the weather will be better for a lot of anglers who will be heading out to the lakes and rivers.

post by: Dan Bomkamp