i been fishing as much as i can now but the weather has been too nice that i catch nothing! clear blue skies in this spring season over at the rum river dam in Minnesota were my wood shop teacher told me was a great place for smallies. i went to a large "pond" connected to the Mississippi witch the rum river flows into not too far away. i fished but had no luck for some large-mouths. i later then drove to the rum river and it got a bit late around 7:30 sunset but my second cast (in-line spinner) landed me a 3 pound smallie! after a few more cast it got dark then i snagged and left to buy some tubes at gander mountain. so far the next few trips were nice days. one of these days was hot but the skies had a few small clouds just enough that you wouldn't call the day a clear sky day and that's when i was catching pikes! just a few tho small size. from there on out all the days i go happens to be nice clear sky days and i have had no luck! i throw everything in my tackle out there! cranks, in-line spinners, tubes, plastic lizards, and i get nothing! all my success so far has been fishing above the dam were the water is calm and just today the water was pretty shallow about knee to waist deep only. so what i'm asking is how do i fish in these conditions from what i have just explained? i have fished below the dam in the faster waters but doesn't look like anything is there. should i try going on a cloudy day? what days should i try going? what other lures and techniques should i try? i have fished around logs in the water but around those spots are pretty shallow and i mostly just get snagged. were and how do i locate were the smallies are? its the rum river dam were i have been fishing for smallies and i mostly fish above kind of close to the dam were it over flows and pours down.

thanks for helping and taking time to read and answer my question.

i just want to become a better bass fisherman

so far from what i have told all i have caught this year so far are

1 small-mouth bass

3 small northern pikes

1 very big pike that cut off my monofilament line

please help me improve my list

thanks again for answering

yea yea yea i know targetting them is illegal in minnesota and i wont fish them until oppenner (SERIOUS) now since DOI! its illegal and yea yea yea i had a same post but it was locked so i will ask again sorry sorry this is my last post okay!!!!! > :'( :-/ :-[

I'll just stick to whitebass up north since they are open continuously.  8-)

Yeah good luck, there is no white bass in the Rum or anywhere else unless you are on the Croix or lower pools of the Miss. Don't be a d-bag, just wait like everyone else

yea yea yea i know targetting them is illegal in minnesota and i wont fish them until oppenner (SERIOUS) now since DOI! its illegal and yea yea yea

So explain why you're posting a thread asking how to catch them, and in your post you say

rum river dam in Minnesota were my wood shop teacher told me was a great place for smallies.....my second cast (in-line spinner) landed me a 3 pound smallie! .... were and how do i locate were the smallies are? its the rum river dam were i have been fishing for smallies...

You say you know it's illegal, yet you're asking how to catch them NOW, and openly admit you've been fishing for them!  >

Explain yourself!

yea yea yea i know targetting them is illegal in minnesota and i wont fish them until oppenner (SERIOUS) now since DOI! its illegal and yea yea yea

So explain why you're posting a thread asking how to catch them, and in your post you say

rum river dam in Minnesota were my wood shop teacher told me was a great place for smallies.....my second cast (in-line spinner) landed me a 3 pound smallie! .... were and how do i locate were the smallies are? its the rum river dam were i have been fishing for smallies...

You say you know it's illegal, yet you're asking how to catch them NOW, and openly admit you've been fishing for them! >

Explain yourself!

that was a few weeks before i found out about the regulation

now i just want to know how to find them in these conditions for future reference right now i'm just fishing whitebass on the st. croix

Yeah good luck, there is no white bass in the Rum or anywhere else unless you are on the Croix or lower pools of the Miss. Don't be a d-bag, just wait like everyone else

i go around to were the rum enters to the miss. and fish the miss and st. croix noow...

How old are you ? You write and seem like you are a pre-teen. That might explain why you seem like you are having trouble understanding and asking relevant questions.

Yeah good luck, there is no white bass in the Rum or anywhere else unless you are on the Croix or lower pools of the Miss. Don't be a d-bag, just wait like everyone else

i go around to were the rum enters to the miss. and fish the miss and st. croix noow...

Do you even know where you are at? The Croix joins up with the Mississippi about 40 miles south of there, and I am betting that you don't have a license to drive down there. You are digging a hole right now that you are not going to get out of. There are NO white bass in your area, don't tell a CO that is what you are fishing for in your area or you are sure to get a citation. Do yourself a favor and just wait along with the rest of us, you may think the law is BS but it doesn't mean you don't have to follow it,. I personally think the law is BS but I still follow it.

Yeah good luck, there is no white bass in the Rum or anywhere else unless you are on the Croix or lower pools of the Miss. Don't be a d-bag, just wait like everyone else

i go around to were the rum enters to the miss. and fish the miss and st. croix noow...

Do you even know where you are at? The Croix joins up with the Mississippi about 40 miles south of there, and I am betting that you don't have a license to drive down there. You are digging a hole right now that you are not going to get out of. There are NO white bass in your area, don't tell a CO that is what you are fishing for in your area or you are sure to get a citation. Do yourself a favor and just wait along with the rest of us, you may think the law is BS but it doesn't mean you don't have to follow it,. I personally think the law is BS but I still follow it.

st. croix..... same river when you are at taylors falls and oceola...... just dug a hole in your knowlege..... quit making BS about people you do not know

Hey rookiesmallmouther....check your pm box. I sent you a message a few days ago. Please read it before posting again.