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Boondongle
07-28-2006, 10:41 AM
Howdy all...

I found the website by doing some browsing for Mississippi River fishing. I fish out of St. Charles MO ( POOL 26). We haven't had much luck this year some larger channel cat and drum. We mostly lake fish in this area, but with the river only being 10 minutes away you can't beat it.

Anybody else from Pool 26 aka Alton pool area? Any fishing reports?

Thanks!
Goosklr
07-28-2006, 11:11 AM
Welcome Boondongle. Glad to have you here. I have never been down that far. Pool 10 is the farthest. Let us know what is up!
adloos
07-28-2006, 12:06 PM
Welcome to the site, I have also never been down that far. How is the population of walleye and bass down there?
Dave Cindrich
07-28-2006, 01:25 PM
Welcome Boondongle! Please help spread the word about River Angling.com. This site is for true river rats.
Boondongle
07-28-2006, 02:22 PM
Welcome to the site, I have also never been down that far. How is the population of walleye and bass down there?

Walleye... Bass??? whats that ;)

There is some good school of white bass that you can get into. Mostly catfish, and more gar than you care for. It's not the best fishing by far, but maybe i'm just doing something wrong, and thats why I'm here. :)
Boondongle
07-28-2006, 03:48 PM
HOLY COW!!!! This just happened today right where I fish...

http://www.ksdk.com/news/watercooler/hot_topics_article.aspx?storyid=101082
adloos
07-28-2006, 11:16 PM
That is crazy. :eek: no more swimming in the river now.
RippinLipz
07-29-2006, 05:39 PM
Thats interesting. You almost wonder if it where a pet to someone and just got sick of the fish so they through the fish in the river????
Boondongle
07-31-2006, 02:14 PM
I don't know man... but wow I'd be really surprised if I pulled that out of the water.

You'd think it would bite the line in half....
fishhunter
08-06-2006, 04:29 PM
welcome to the site , now about the gar i sure would like to land one of those . got any clues for me, i found them and they have been going after my spinner but can't seem to land one with one of those. send some hits my way!!!!
Boondongle
08-07-2006, 08:42 AM
fishhunter are you in ST. Charles, Missouri?

I've never seen a HUGE gar, mostly all of them are the smaller needle nose gar. We've caught them on everything we use. Goldfish seem to work really well. They will just nibble on the fish so make sure to use a big treble hook.

Adam
fishhunter
08-07-2006, 03:43 PM
nope not from missouri. st. charles minnesota about 20 miles away from winona where the river is. i have heard about nylon rope lures for longnose gar . have you ever used one of those? do they really work?
if you want to catch some bass or northerns you really need to go get your self some spinners . they don't cost much to try anyway. see if you can land a large mouth bass .