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.

Hello and Welcome to Bass Resource ~

A-Jay

Welcome aboard KYK.

Welcome to Bass Resources ?

Hello and welcome to the forum.

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.

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?

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

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

 

 Go Bears!!!

Welcome to Bass Resource!

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

Welcome!

Welcome!

Welcome aboard!

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?

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.?

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. 

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

Welcome to the forum. 

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. 

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.

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.

 

 

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.

Welcome aboard!

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