Mississippi River Pool 9 - Genoa

Fished on Clements Barge on Monday 4/15.  Caught 9 nice perch, 8 nice bluegills,. a few suckers and 1 dog fish with several throwback small ones.  Small mouth bass were spawning on wing dam by barge and I observed at least 40 caught with most of them returning to the river.  A great day and a great cheeseburger there.

I fished it Sunday and Monday.  I only caught one short walleye Sunday and zilch Monday morning.  Only fish I saw caught on the barge were Smallies and a couple white bass or crappie.  Monday there were only 2 other boats fishing below the dam when we launched at 7am, that's a pretty good sign they are done.....

Was just wondering if the walleye are all done or running now ,same with the perch, thanks in advance 

All females released.

From Last week.

Yah yah I get it's a business driving 3 hrs to fish a 6 ft area can be frustrating is what I'm saying..

Grassbassmaster3--If that was your livelihood, would
you turn away customers?

Fished from boat on Friday. Did not see many fish caught. Fished for 8 hours 10A-6P Got 7 perch 6 females all full of eggs. Just enough for the 2 of us to have a meal.. Threw the rest back. Small Crawlers on a bare hook with weight 12-18" above hook. Very light bite.

Obviously the perch have not spawned  yet. I doubt the walleyes have either.

​Had a great time ​catching some ​“Gold!”

Fished Monday and Tuesday.  From boat.  First time on the River.  Dad and I kept 24 Monday and 26 Tuesday in about 4 hours each day.  6 or 8 males.  Females were firm with eggs.  Biggest came on rosy reds.  Key for me was bottom contract and detecting light bites.