Went Below Bagnell Sun. 3-22-09

[Deerhunter2]

Well we got there at 7:45am, My buddies went on down river to snag, My son and I fished several spots from the dam down to the bridge. We managed to catch an 10" white bass and a 12" channel cat on worms, and a 13" large mouth on a crappie jig. We tried jigging spoons as well as every thing else in the tackle box with no luck. So far I'm not overly impressed with the place, but I've only been there 3 times so far and the water is still cold. I will try it again after water temps warm up some. My buddies in the other boat snagged 5 keeper sized spoonbill.

[FishinCricket]

Man, sounds like you shoulda been downstream snaggin', eh?

I can tell you from experience that when it's off down there.. It's sloooow. And when the whites are running or re crappie are biting, ITS ON LIKE DONKEY KONG

I have made a report or two last summer when the whites were hitting every cast.. Still trying to figure out the tricks though.. There's allot of good info to be had from years past right here on this forum.

[Deerhunter2]

Well, snagging just isn't my thing I guess. I haven't given up on the spot, I've heard great things about it from lots of people I know. I figure that I just haven't hit it at the right time, and the water is still cold, so maybe after it warms up I will learn to love fishing it like I do the Missouri river.

[Seth]

CC is right about it either being totally dead or on fire. We went up on a Thursday last year for my birthday at the end of May and caught the heck out of dandy blue cats. The next day I went back up with the girlfriend and all we caught was one asian carp. The catfish just totally shut off. That's Bagnell for you.

[rangerman]

Don't get down DH2, one of these times, you'll go up there and tear the fish up. When the fish are biting up there, they are really biting. When good times are rolling, it isn't uncommon to catch limits of whites, crappie and catfish. Trust me its been done. You have to think of what time of year it is. It is still really early yet for tailrace fishing. For the fish below that dam to get good and active you should have at least around 50 to 55 degree water temps. When the waters cold its hard fishing just plain and simple.