Mississippi St. Louis

[FishinMommy]

Anyone bass fish the Mississippi around St. Louis? Please give some info

[jdkc]

Not around St. Louis, but down here some good catfishing. Only thing I fish for in the Mississippi. Around dikes and such with live bait like shad and a big rod and reel. I hear that right before where the Missouri reaches the Mississippi is some of the best.

[FishinMommy]

Well do you guys suppose I could get some bass by fishing around wingdams on the river from the bank or by fishing around bridges. I guess it would be good to use big baits because of the water clarity.

[reddscott]

I fished it before... throw a small spinnerbait

[FishinMommy]

So you caught some bass on the Missi. on small spinnerbaits. I asked around and people said the fishing is better in the backwaters. I heard there are a lot of white bass under the bridges

[reddscott]

Well we usually fish a lot of small spinnerbaits and jigs and usually catch around 20-30 bass each time we go... mostly on the spinnerbaits... we fish the coves ... best time is around october though

[FishinMommy]

So if i am fishing from the bank i will want to get down around the coves or fish stuff that blocks out the current.

[reddscott]

Well we fish from a boat but sometimes get off onto the land to fish the coves cause its a lil easier if the wind is heavy... usually catch a lot of bass