WI Newbie checking in

[KYKBassing]

Long time lurker here, finally decided to jump in.  This board has provided a ton of useful information.

 

I fished routinely with my dad growing up, but took a long hiatus.  I picked it up again after scheduling a Canadian outpost trip a couple years ago and have been spending more and more time (and money) getting into bass fishing since.  Bought a kayak in 2020 and have it just about decked out like I'd like, enjoying the shallow water spots around the Mississippi on pools 7 & 8.

[A-Jay]

Hello and Welcome to Bass Resource ~

A-Jay

[GaryH]

Welcome aboard KYK.

[Bird]

Welcome to Bass Resources ?

[Log Catcher]

Hello and welcome to the forum.

[bloom]

hello and welcome, I'm a little north of you in Hayward. Never fished the mississippi but have heard of some very good fishing there.

[Swamp Girl]

KYK, I lived in western Wisconsin for 30 years and loved fishing the Mississippi: below dams, the river proper, the backwaters, the pools, and Lake Pepin. I even paddled the river twice, from source-to-sea, in a kayak, and some other rivers too, like the Ohio and Thames. 

 

What are you catching in pools 7 & 8?

[GRiver]

Hello from the Sunshine State of Florida, never have fished the Mississippi every time I’ve crossed it, it was muddy.

[Steveo-1969]

Welcome to Bass Resource. I was born and raised in Wisconsin before moving to WV.

 

 Go Bears!!!

[Jmilburn76]

Welcome to Bass Resource!

[Choporoz]

18 hours ago, KYKBassing said:

Long time lurker here, finally decided to jump in.  This board has provided a ton of useful information.

 

I fished routinely with my dad growing up, but took a long hiatus.  I picked it up again after scheduling a Canadian outpost trip a couple years ago and have been spending more and more time (and money) getting into bass fishing since.  Bought a kayak in 2020 and have it just about decked out like I'd like, enjoying the shallow water spots around the Mississippi on pools 7 & 8.

Welcome.  This is my story, as well....almost all of it.  Except I am from SE WI, I got my first kayak in maybe 2014.... and now I fish VA/NC mostly

[whitwolf]

Welcome!

[Bluebasser86]

Welcome!

[wvsmallie]

Welcome aboard!

[Swamp Girl]

8 hours ago, Steveo-1969 said:

Welcome to Bass Resource. I was born and raised in Wisconsin before moving to WV.

 

 Go Bears!!!

 

Did you move to WV or were you kicked out of Wisconsin? Or both?

[KYKBassing]

Thanks for all the welcomes, sometimes the world ends up being a lot smaller place than we think.

 

Ol'crickety, some of those adventures sound amazing.  To answer your question, there's plenty of largemouth and smallmouth around, although it's a pretty pressured area.  There's way too many pike around, to the point I'm trying a tieable single strand leader for jerkbaits and chatterbaits, they've stolen quite a few from me.?

[WIGuide]

Welcome to the forum! You live on some of the best bass waters around! 7 & 8 are two of my favorite pools to fish. They get pressured, but they still fish great! The river provides so many opportunities and since you're using a kayak, you can access some of those backwaters normal anglers can't leaving you with some nearly untapped waters. 

[Steveo-1969]

On 2/14/2023 at 8:04 PM, ol'crickety said:

 

Did you move to WV or were you kicked out of Wisconsin? Or both?

Ha-ha! I made it to 27 years old before I got kicked out. WV doesn’t have its own team so people here are more tolerant.

 

FTP

[GreenPig]

Welcome to the forum. 

[Swamp Girl]

3 hours ago, Steveo-1969 said:

Ha-ha! I made it to 27 years old before I got kicked out. WV doesn’t have its own team so people here are more tolerant.

 

FTP

 

I'm actually so tired of Rodgers' waffling and theatrics that I might become a Bears fan too. 

[Eric 26]

1 hour ago, ol'crickety said:

 

I'm actually so tired of Rodgers' waffling and theatrics that I might become a Bears fan too. 

@ol'crickety Come on down Katy, we’d love to have you as a fan? Also things look as though they may be on the upswing from the team to possibly a new state of the art facility being proposed.

[Swamp Girl]

Deal, Eric!

 

#themonstersofthemidwayforme

 

P. S. - However, if the Bears sign Rodgers, my fidelity will be fleeting because I simply can't cheer for Rodgers in the Bears backfield throwing from a hyperbaric, sensory-deprivation tank while shamen chant on the sidelines.

 

 

[Eric 26]

I completely forgot to welcome KYKBassing ? So better late than never welcome from New Lenox Illinois ?.  Hoping to see a few pics of the kayak in the show off your ride section in the Bass Boats Canoes and Kayak forum.

[Darren.]

Welcome aboard!

[Glenn]

Welcome home! We're glad you're here.