Fish On! With Denver's Mississippi River Guide Service!
Mississippi River & St. Croix River Fishing Guide Denver McKinnon. Over 38 years of experience!
Denver has been fishing the Mississippi River system for over 38 years. With a lot of experience on the river, Denver feels that guiding is the best way to pass on the Mississippi River and St. Croix river knowledge he has gained over the years.
Whether interested in bring home fish for dinner or looking for a trophy, Denver will do his best to provide you with a happy and exciting day. You can choose the target species between Walleyes, Sauger, and Crappie. The techniques you learn with Denver will help you when you are out on your own on the Mississippi River and St. Croix River. Denver guides on the Pool 2 (St. Paul), Pool 3 (Hastings), and Pool 4 (Red Wing) of the Mississipi River. He also guides on the St. Croix from Hudson all the down to Hastings. Book a trip today with Denver's guide Service, and let your Mississippi or St. Croix River fishing adventure begin!
Check out Denver's recent Mississippi River fishing reports. He adds a report almost each time he is out, so check back often to see what the fish are up to! Also, take a look at his Mississippi River trip logs to see stories from his client trips and testimonials!
"Thanks again so much for a great day fishing. My dad and I had a great time. Good luck with the softball in Mankato and drive safe." - Matt (Red Wing trip 09/23/11)
Quick walleye and sauger report for pool 4
This week the busy season kicked into gear for me after being on vacation for two weeks in the warm weather of sunny Florida. Don't get me wrong I really enjoyed the heat but also was missing tearing up some walleye and sauger on the mighty Mississippi River.
I just about could do anything to catch my fish this week. We pitched jigs for a while and blade baits to put a few in the boat. I tossed a 1/16 th ounce drop shot with a minnow on a hook to get them to bite. And both Dubuque rigging and miller rigging did the trick also. You pick what you want in certain spots and things should work for you to have a little fun in the boat.
Water depths, speed, and water temperatures played a big role in how you needed to adjust this week with the cold front moving in midweek. The weeek for my boat started out at about 41 degrees in most places and that drastically changed by Thursday. It was a roaring 37 degrees. This time of the year a drastic change like it can really change the walleye and sauger eating habits. Yes they still eat but they are also not as aggressive in the bite. You can try several thing to make them from slowing your baits down or even downsizing baits.
My guys caught fish in depths from 10 foot to as deep at 27 ft. I really count on my Garmins to determine where I am going to concentrate. My techniques also change depending on the different depths I see the fish. We fished in areas throughout the system this week. At times I was the only boat in an area and others I seen plenty of boats enjoying the day on the water.
I hope everyone is getting along on the water and at the boat launches as this time of the year people get into big hurries to get out and sometimes like I seen this week didn't wait their turn at the launch. Keep in mind everyone else has the same thing in mind. Go out and enjoy the river that god has created for us to enjoy. Patients can pay off if you are willing to wait just two minutes while another guy tries to pull his boat out that's tied to the dock since he's fishing alone. The fish are not going to disappear while your waiting.
Good luck out there guys and gals !!!!
