Mississippi River Wabasha to Winona and beyond

Went out in Winona. Some ice looked questionable, got out off of Prairie Island Rd-got into gills, kepts 20 *(ten each-the limit) but took 6 hours and a lot of sorting. Glad to get on the ice. Few other guys out too. Most everything should be frozen up by this upcoming weekend.

Went out on 2-10-13 to wilcox landing south of wabasha all the way out to the island. Only ones out but there were vehicle tracks out there. Nothing on tip ups but caught two pike on the rod using suckers one 27in and one 22in. Left there at aboutt 11am and went to the finger lakes. Wen out to 3rd lake and got into the jumbo perch great time!

Explored a few backwaters around winona from 1-5pm. Looking for some crappies but didnt manage to find any. Did get a couple small bluegills on small orange jig tipped with a waxie

Fished the dresbach dam friday night. Had shiners out on tip ups and lost two pike at the hole. Also saw a few walleye caught towards dark

Am at airport lake/Bartlets and pm at mcnallies. Ended the day with 4 keeper crappie and a dozen gills. Had 12 flags but only two small snakes to sow for it. Really windy. Many people and slow for everyone. Will get out again next week.

Started at Bass Camp. Went to the Wisconsin side and floated downstream to hit a wing dam. Low water and not much happening. Very few boats out, which tells you they aren't hammering anything. Managed one sucker in a few hours of fishing. Went down one dam and tried that-same results-eyes were hard to find. Did find a few northerns (biggest 30 inch) and an eye (18 inch) where a small current went into calm water. Tough day but great weather.

Mike