"dam" That's A Good Fish!

[BadContrakt]

Sorry for the stupid "play on words" title, had to do it.

 

So my girl and I got an apartment in St. Cloud this week. Pretty stoked. Although this means now we're leaving the country and going into the city. My boat will feel so deprived and lonely!

 

Although, I'm super thankful that St. Cloud has the famous Mississippi river going directly through it, with a pretty popular dam only a short walk from my apartment. THANK GOD.

 

Now - I've fished a dam before. The Rum River dam, which hasn't provided very well. Number one, that river isn't the greatest for fishing. Number two, I'm probably fishing it wrong!

 

I'll be moving September 1st and I will want to be fishing that dam as soon as possible.

 

Gimme some dam fishing tips, I've heard you can get some pretty good sized fish out of the big Missy!

 

The link below is a youtube video of the EXACT dam that I will be fishing... Just to give you an idea of the water current, size of the river, etc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sckG1VLu2Cg

[lanzbass]

I have fished Dams in a lot of places and my advice is fish as close to the wall that you can using a 3 way swivel with a flat weight 2 to 4 oz depending on the currant Make sure the weight is free to move ... if their are pillars cast try casting in the middle of pillar with a live bait on...Most dams don't allow fishing on the structure because of people snag them when they jump ..a lot of newer dams do how ever have fish ladders .. hope this helps you a little and good luck fishing ?

[BadContrakt]

I have fished Dams in a lot of places and my advice is fish as close to the wall that you can using a 3 way swivel with a flat weight 2 to 4 oz depending on the currant Make sure the weight is free to move ... if their are pillars cast try casting in the middle of pillar with a live bait on...Most dams don't allow fishing on the structure because of people snag them when they jump ..a lot of newer dams do how ever have fish ladders .. hope this helps you a little and good luck fishing ?

So get as close to the actual rapid downward water as possible? Try to get down inside that eddy that the dam is creating? And yeah the heavy heavy weights is a good idea because dams make your lures looks like light little leaves in those rapids.

[lanzbass]

All Dams I have fished have a back swirl any of those back swirls should be fished with live bait like Worms , grass hopper , minnow or whatever others seem to be catching them on (ask around) > If you are going to use a lure I would recommend fishing down from the dam at 100 feet ... if their is not a fish ladder their will be several spawning places were the rocks make a perfect mating grounds ..it is here that your lure will look most offensive or tasty depending on what time of year ...the 1 st Dam on the Missouri river is Toston Dam the Mississippi come's from the Yellowstone and Missouri ..  I would not recommend using weight with lure .. maybe others will have their own ideas ??  

[Grizzn N Bassin]

thought I was going to see a monster bass!!

[BadContrakt]

All Dams I have fished have a back swirl any of those back swirls should be fished with live bait like Worms , grass hopper , minnow or whatever others seem to be catching them on (ask around) > If you are going to use a lure I would recommend fishing down from the dam at 100 feet ... if their is not a fish ladder their will be several spawning places were the rocks make a perfect mating grounds ..it is here that your lure will look most offensive or tasty depending on what time of year ...the 1 st Dam on the Missouri river is Toston Dam the Mississippi come's from the Yellowstone and Missouri ..  I would not recommend using weight with lure .. maybe others will have their own ideas ??

I was thinking about putting an ounce or two on a texas rigged Craw and throw that in the "swirls" is what I meant by "lure."

 

I would never throw a bunch of weight on a spoon or spinnerbait or something haha.