CATCH MORE Walleye Below Mississippi River Dams

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  • Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
  • It's a cold February day but I'm in the boat catching walleye on the Mississippi River. I cover some specific details that are important in locating walleye below the lock and dam on any river you may be fishing.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 87

  • @michaelgallagher4962
    @michaelgallagher4962 2 дні тому

    I really appreciate your videos

  • @danward2490
    @danward2490 11 місяців тому +4

    Thanks Lance, it’s great to see open water videos in February.

    • @AnglerX
      @AnglerX  11 місяців тому +1

      I'm happy to be on the water!

  • @buckmaster6813
    @buckmaster6813 11 місяців тому +4

    I was out yesterday with my grandson at Alma and that wind was brutal. We caught like 8 or 9 perch and called it a day. We were last ones leaving the landing but we were definitely cold. Thanks for sharing the knowledge once again. Always love your videos. So informative.

    • @AnglerX
      @AnglerX  11 місяців тому

      Way to tough our those brutal conditions. I fished for a bit from shore and froze. I lasted about 30 minutes.

  • @blackhwk0388
    @blackhwk0388 11 місяців тому +1

    Great video. Glad I found you on UA-cam. I’m a rookie Walleye fisherman just South of you down in pools 12,and 13 on the miss. You are good teacher.

    • @AnglerX
      @AnglerX  11 місяців тому +1

      Nice! I’ll have to try fishing down that way sometime.

  • @ryanoleston7136
    @ryanoleston7136 10 місяців тому +2

    I just found your channel. I love it! you don't use any fancy forward facing sonar and keep it simple. very educational! thx! new sub

    • @AnglerX
      @AnglerX  10 місяців тому

      Welcome to channel! Thank you for the comment!

    • @ryanoleston7136
      @ryanoleston7136 10 місяців тому

      thx! what trolling motor do you use? I saw you used spot lock

  • @Rocket405.8
    @Rocket405.8 11 місяців тому +3

    I took a hike along some pool 13 backwaters this afternoon and the shallow northeast corners are full of pike. I only had a green spinnerbait with me, but I managed to entice a few fish.

    • @AnglerX
      @AnglerX  11 місяців тому

      Good to know! I may chase some pike this weekend.

  • @chucklutter7399
    @chucklutter7399 11 місяців тому +2

    Enjoyed and learned as usual. I appreciate you sharing your knowledge and showing/explaining how to set up and why. Also appreciate the ethics you display, you are a great example for anglers and non anglers. Dare i say - most politicians could take a lesson. TIGHT LINES

    • @AnglerX
      @AnglerX  11 місяців тому +1

      Thank you for the kind words!

  • @bernietmusic
    @bernietmusic 11 місяців тому +1

    Enjoyed your video! I used to fish the Mississippi a lot and really like it. Only get over there a few times a year now. Get my fair share in other places. Way to grind it out in the cold! Incredible feeling to be out on popular waters all by yourself catching fish and enjoying the beauty of the river! Thanks for your videos and insights!

    • @AnglerX
      @AnglerX  11 місяців тому +1

      The Mississippi River is my escape. It's very therapeutic. All concerns and worries seem to vanish while I'm on the water.

  • @kitluedtke
    @kitluedtke 11 місяців тому +2

    Always learn something from your videos. You are relentless in putting out great content. Keep it up.

    • @AnglerX
      @AnglerX  11 місяців тому

      Thank you! We'll keep the videos coming.

  • @SquatchMan123
    @SquatchMan123 11 місяців тому +2

    As usual very cool. Thanks for braving the weather to make us a video.

    • @AnglerX
      @AnglerX  11 місяців тому +1

      I'm willing to be a cold if I'm catching fish. My pleasure.

  • @country3608
    @country3608 11 місяців тому +1

    Thank you for the video!! I really enjoyed it !! I’m a walleye fanatic!!
    I fish pools 9 & 10 mostly!!
    Can’t wait to get my boat out of storage. Love all your videos and your tips !!!🎣👍

    • @AnglerX
      @AnglerX  11 місяців тому

      Pools 9 and 10 are less familiar to me but would like to explore them more. Good luck out there!

    • @Kevin-sq7nm
      @Kevin-sq7nm 11 місяців тому

      Down from Lynxville and in Genoa. Also keep everything foul hooked or not.

  • @jefflien2599
    @jefflien2599 11 місяців тому +2

    Thanks bunches for sharing this Lance we were in Iowa few days ago saw a few nice fish lots little stuff.

    • @AnglerX
      @AnglerX  11 місяців тому

      Thank you for the comment!

  • @gregcuttill6602
    @gregcuttill6602 11 місяців тому +2

    I know I have mentioned before but I really enjoy your videos. Keep em coming.

    • @AnglerX
      @AnglerX  11 місяців тому +1

      I enjoy making them and reading comments like yours!

  • @DWSOutdoors
    @DWSOutdoors 11 місяців тому +3

    I love that when you have gloves on you just automatically lip walleye 🤣 Hopefully this spring you don't forget as I accidentally lipped a decent one once and the dang thing chomped me and punched about 6 nice deep holes in my thumb!

    • @AnglerX
      @AnglerX  11 місяців тому +1

      The gloves allow walleye lip grips! Lipping a walleye with no gloves would be painful, lol!

  • @jeffwiebenga393
    @jeffwiebenga393 11 місяців тому +1

    Love the video more narrative is great! Thanks for important and conservation minded info , that ol river is prescious !!

    • @AnglerX
      @AnglerX  11 місяців тому

      The river is very precious! We need to take care of things that take care of us.

  • @jefflien2599
    @jefflien2599 11 місяців тому +2

    Patients with the cold Temps is necessary good vid buddy,got me pumped to get out to those pools.here on the Wisconsin side.

    • @AnglerX
      @AnglerX  11 місяців тому

      I tend to get ultra focused when trying to catch fish and forget that I'm actually cold.

  • @ericbutch3542
    @ericbutch3542 11 місяців тому +1

    Always learn something from your videos, thank you for sharing!

    • @AnglerX
      @AnglerX  11 місяців тому

      Thank you for commenting!

  • @damondiehl5637
    @damondiehl5637 11 місяців тому +3

    I've never caught a fish using those blade baits. We had a rack of them in our shop (Heddon brand) but I don't remember ever actually selling one.
    They catch sea trout in North Carolina (and probably everywhere else) with the same technique you were showing with the fluke soft bait.

    • @AnglerX
      @AnglerX  11 місяців тому +1

      I was always of the belief that they were just for snagging fish until recently. I'm using them more and more and finding that fish will bite them very aggressively. Blade baits put out a ton of vibration and get the reaction strikes from fish.

  • @drdavewi
    @drdavewi 11 місяців тому +2

    Thanks Lance, very informative!

    • @AnglerX
      @AnglerX  11 місяців тому

      Thank you for commenting!

  • @NASPELTZ
    @NASPELTZ 11 місяців тому +1

    Great information as always :)

    • @AnglerX
      @AnglerX  11 місяців тому

      Thank you Nathan!

  • @teamextremefishing
    @teamextremefishing 11 місяців тому +1

    Tons of info in this video! Great stuff Lance! I feel ya, I cannot stand wearing a jacket and casting lol.

    • @AnglerX
      @AnglerX  11 місяців тому +1

      Clothing is restricting but we have to stay warm out there.

  • @kale4543
    @kale4543 11 місяців тому +1

    See you in the river !

  • @betweenthebluffs9690
    @betweenthebluffs9690 11 місяців тому +1

    Very educational, appreciate the tips💪

    • @AnglerX
      @AnglerX  11 місяців тому

      Absolutely! Thank you for commenting!

  • @riverrat988
    @riverrat988 11 місяців тому +1

    Great video

    • @AnglerX
      @AnglerX  11 місяців тому

      Thank you!

  • @JoshSDshot
    @JoshSDshot 11 місяців тому +2

    Aint that Winona? Lol the paddleboat is a dead giveaway lol 😆 also i love your channel i fish right where you do and have been since 1990 . I have videos on my youtube of us catching walleye right where you are :) ill be up in march for some perch and walleye

    • @AnglerX
      @AnglerX  11 місяців тому

      There are some great spots to fish in that stretch of river.

  • @jdf6574
    @jdf6574 11 місяців тому +1

    Looks like a great time, only one person missing on that boat 😕

    • @AnglerX
      @AnglerX  11 місяців тому

      Niki wasn't able to join me on this outing.😂

    • @jdf6574
      @jdf6574 11 місяців тому

      @@AnglerX😅😅

  • @jiggin4eyes34
    @jiggin4eyes34 11 місяців тому +1

    What depth do you focus on down below the damn in middle on the river

    • @AnglerX
      @AnglerX  11 місяців тому +1

      15 - 25 feet of water. I’ll start deeper and work shallower until I find fish.

  • @cheeseburguhgaming9581
    @cheeseburguhgaming9581 10 місяців тому

    What number lock and dam is this? I want to go try for myself

  • @gregmartell1664
    @gregmartell1664 11 місяців тому +1

    Great Fish Lance! What depth water do you catchem in during the day? Normally I fish deep with heavy jigs. You are using much smaller jigs than I do. Thanks

    • @AnglerX
      @AnglerX  11 місяців тому +1

      I have been finding fish in 8-12 fow water. Sometimes a bit deeper but I tend to focus my time on shallower areas. Up stream sides of wingdams were good this past weekend. We fished along most of the wingdams by fishing 8-18 fow.

  • @deannacooley9691
    @deannacooley9691 9 місяців тому +1

    What reel size you using for walleye?

    • @AnglerX
      @AnglerX  9 місяців тому

      2000 series Piscifun Carbon x II

  • @markszablewski6619
    @markszablewski6619 11 місяців тому +1

    The 'train bite' works again!..😅

    • @AnglerX
      @AnglerX  11 місяців тому

      Always does 😀

  • @UncleKrusty68
    @UncleKrusty68 11 місяців тому

    Love the honesty. I've fishing with DNR officials and they still keep fish that trapped the jig to the bottom or fin hooked.

    • @edo522
      @edo522 11 місяців тому

      I agree, but I think it's a slippery area. The book says: What fishing methods are illegal? Taking fish by hand (noodling) or snagging. Imo, these are intentional acts. You throw jig and plastic, 5 intentions are not to snag. Those snags are unintentional. BUT, I also don't want to have to explain how my opinion is better than the conservation officer's opinion; to the judge...

    • @edo522
      @edo522 11 місяців тому

      I have also seen people intentionally snagging buffalo with bare hooks. Folks got tickets. The CO told them if they wanted to not get a ticket, put some bait in the hook. Again, imo, that is the CO admission that unintentionally snagged fish can be kept. Might be a different story if they were snagging walleye.

    • @JNBGUIDESERVICE
      @JNBGUIDESERVICE 11 місяців тому +1

      What size flukes do you use?

    • @AnglerX
      @AnglerX  11 місяців тому

      I've talked with a local game warden about this very topic. The hook has to be inside the mouth and not on the outside to be a legal catch. There are many fish kept that are illegally hooked but we all need to interpret the laws as best we can while on the water.

  • @jamesloerzel4377
    @jamesloerzel4377 9 місяців тому +1

    What action rod are you using?

    • @AnglerX
      @AnglerX  9 місяців тому

      7’2” medium light fast action

  • @dylanrichards9827
    @dylanrichards9827 11 місяців тому

    What pool are you on in this video?

  • @jamesju1591
    @jamesju1591 11 місяців тому

    Wow! Which dam is that?

  • @user-do2yj5rr2k
    @user-do2yj5rr2k 9 місяців тому +1

    I've never caught a walleye from shore, does anyone have any tips. I've tried fat head minnows with a hook and a stinker and split bobber. I'm new to fishing also

    • @AnglerX
      @AnglerX  9 місяців тому +1

      I would throw a jig and plastic and slowly work it back along the bottom. Use the lightest jig you can get away with to reduce the number of snags you get. If you want to stick to live bait, I think walleye prefer nightcrawlers over minnows especially going into the summer months.

    • @user-do2yj5rr2k
      @user-do2yj5rr2k 9 місяців тому +1

      @@AnglerX ok thank you! My co worker said he's gonna take me out sometime to teach me about reading the water too.

  • @danward2490
    @danward2490 11 місяців тому +1

    What pool are you on??

  • @Thilloutdoors
    @Thilloutdoors 11 місяців тому +1

    What line are you using?

    • @AnglerX
      @AnglerX  11 місяців тому

      8lb hi vis gold mono from Stren

  • @sasostyle1
    @sasostyle1 9 місяців тому

    are you by best damn fishing float?

  • @BrianFerguson-z1r
    @BrianFerguson-z1r 11 місяців тому

    Wish they would close fishing till April on the big river! Let them spawn easy pickens

    • @johnmiller5987
      @johnmiller5987 11 місяців тому +2

      They closed the area below a few damns for a 5 year stretch about 20 years ago now. Nothing changed. The good fish are nowhere near the damn. And now when you are on the eyes. You catch three slots per legal. However we see less trophy caliber fish. Please look up and read the state of pool 4. Put out by lake Pepin biologist from Minnesota. Which states there is no scientific evidence to adjust limits like Minnesota did. Yes laws were changed from public opinion. With scientific evidence to back it up. So please be careful what you ask for. It's the only game in town this time of year. Just because you're not catching fish doesn't mean that the system is in trouble.

    • @Jigslinger
      @Jigslinger 11 місяців тому +1

      @@johnmiller5987exactly…the big girls are still down river. It’s much more relaxing down there away from all the vertical jiggers up each others a$$es directly below the spillway. I rarely see another boat unless they are flying by heading up river.

    • @johnmiller5987
      @johnmiller5987 11 місяців тому +1

      I like the Mississippi crowd. Better than most combat fishing. I mostly fish in the fall/winter. When the water comes up I am done

  • @billieolsen4088
    @billieolsen4088 11 місяців тому

    5A

  • @JohnnyRebel-l9z
    @JohnnyRebel-l9z 11 місяців тому +3

    I dont see you 3 way rigging much......any particular reason?

    • @AnglerX
      @AnglerX  11 місяців тому

      I am abdicated to feeling the thump of a walleye smashing a jig. I don't think you get that with three way rigs.

    • @JohnnyRebel-l9z
      @JohnnyRebel-l9z 11 місяців тому

      Jig on the dropper....fly,or plastic on the long line......you'll still get that thump,but offer two different baits.....but you're getting em ,that's for sure

    • @johnmiller5987
      @johnmiller5987 2 місяці тому

      ​@@JohnnyRebel-l9zBellevue rig.