so this forum of some guy fishing at the Rum River dam in anoka MN and it seems hes had some luck with smallies but since they are not open I decided to go check it out myself. I was trying to catch some bottom feeders while looking at spots that would hold smallmouths. Didnt seem like much but one thing that sucked was I didnt get any bottom feeders! I was using these i think power bait liver trying to catch anything that will take it. Above the dam is calm but dosnt seem like much same as parts of the bottom but some parts did look like it would hold the smallies and what bothered me was that the water below the dam is not flooded like above the dam so above the dam is hard to fish around trees however I did catch a northern with the liver. So many snags there i lost 5 hooks and sinkers so that wasnt fun. Below the E Main St. brige it looked to have potential but the current was pretty fast so I dont think any smallies will be in there. What should I look for? North of the E Main St. brige theres like this nice big pool of calm slack water were i tried for the bottom feeders but the activity in the water felt dead so I also think it might not hold smallies as well but whoe knowes. Can't wait til oppener so I can test it out for smallies. What do you guys recomend me to do about the smallies? the bottom feeders?

I've always been told you can fish for anything just don't keep it no one can tell you how you have to fish or can determine what your trying to catch by what you have in your tackle box so i say find spots with some good chunk rock and have at it just have some fun