I made it out on pool 2 today from 3-7pm. Fishing has been slow for me so far this year, untill today. The fish were really active today the water temp finally hit 60 degrees and they really turned on. I ended up with 11 smallies from 11-17 inches, and 6 largemouth from 13-16 inches. All but two fish came pitching a strike king spinnerbait in and around laydowns in 2-5 ft of water. Here is a pic of the biggest smallie

that's a beautiful fish!

Nice fish! Sounds like you had a pretty decent day. I'm not too familiar with the Mississippi, is pool 2 down by hastings?

Dan

Pool 2 runs from the ford dam down to the hastings dam. I am headed out right now, so I will report back later.

Nice fish. It looks like you have another great day today. Good Luck!

Stoooooppppp..... Gah. You guys are killing me

Nice! I am VERY jealous!!!

My dad and I fished from 830 untill 130, and the fishing was awesome again. We ended up with 14 smallies and 12 largemouth,as well as 2 small pike. The fish are really aggressive right now and if you get in the right areas you can catch them on pretty much anything. I caught all of my bigger fish flippin a black and blue lake fork craw tube, and my dad was pitchin a whit jig and grub combo. The size wasn't that great but we ended up with about 6 between 16 and 17 inches. Here is a pic of the biggest, a fat 17 full of eggs.

What is the best access close to the metro for pool 2?
TIA

494 launch in south st paul, or lions levee park in St paul park

Sounds like some fun fishing i cant wait to make it down to that area again...

Made it out today from 4-8 with a buddy, and the bite was a little off. I think the colder weather the last few days turned them off a bit. we ended up with 5 largemouth, and 4 smallies. I got my biggest of the year so far 18.75, 4lbs 5oz on a chatterbait with a yum buzz frog trailer swimming it through a laydown in 3ft of water. Temps were down to 57-58 today.

Here is a pic of the big one

Nice fish, I personally have not had any luck on the chatterbait this year, last year I did great with it.

The dog looks to be eying himself up a fish dinner.

Labs have no boundaries on what they are inclined to retrieve. A fish rates pretty high on my dog's list. Lots of fish swim the waters of White Bear Lake with little nibble marks on them.