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I went fishing this morning at 7am, I was very pleased that I was able to get up early after working till 11 last night! Lol. Anywho, I tried everything to catch anything and everything.....I got absolutely skunked. I was even more  when I saw that these 2 little kids who were screaming and yelling and cussing were catching more than me! They were just AWFUL to those fish too, put them on stringers and throwing them around like they couldn't feel pain. I was even more pissed when I saw that the fish weren't even legal, they were only about 2lbs each.
Here's the point to my post, I want to know how to fish rivers! I can't seem to use anything effectively. I used Spinners, Worms, my 6 dollar rapala lure that is AWESOME, I used chatterbaits, jigs...All my old tricks, and nothing worked. Just I just get unlucky or should I be using a differnt setup when I'm retrieving against the current?
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Your spinners and Rooster tails should be good in the river unless you are fishing for Bass.
Let the river do the work for your. Change your retreival. Keep the lure in one place for awhile and move it slowly between spots.
What species are you going for in the river?[cool]
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To be honest I rarely have a plan of attack. LIke most inexperienced fisherman I just try a bunch of stuff and see what works for me. Maybe I should start being selective? I'm just not sure what species of fish I can expect to find in the Maquoketa River. I know we have Cats, Suckers, Walleye, etc, but they are all at the dam. I should have gone there, but the dam is open and I can't get out far enough to hit the deep spots, so I always get snagged. 
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I know the Maquoketa River. The dam you are talking about is the Backbone Lake Dam.
That is a good area for Trout. They are planted Trout but every bit as fun as natural Trout.
You can get them on small spinners, dropshot worms and Crickets in that area. They do plant the Browns, Brook Trout and Rainbows.
That whole section from the Dam to the Park that is down below is pretty much the best Trout area for that river. It is about a 8 or 9 mile stretch but there is plenty of acces points along the whole section.
The Park is called Joy Springs Park.[cool]
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I'll have to learn how to rig a Drop Shot, and I'll try the other items you mentioned. Its so hard to get close to that damn though, I need to get some waders lol.
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When you get your waders, be sure to get the proper wading boots too. It can get slippery on the rocks in the river.[cool]
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[quote kevinkerry01]on this earth fishes are also one of the part.
And we ate them.But the fishes are available in rivers,
Sea's and canals ,And ponds And i like these fishes very much.Thanks for providing this forum for us.
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[quote allingeneral][quote kevinkerry01]on this earth fishes are also one of the part.
And we ate them.But the fishes are available in rivers,
Sea's and canals ,And ponds And i like these fishes very much.Thanks for providing this forum for us.
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Thank goodness you posted that crap twice so you could get your spam link right![/quote]
Lol I was just going to ignore that guy..I hate spam I think its really douchie. Thanks for policing my post though. 
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I never hardly ever fish against the current...
I fish with the current or across from the current.
When I am throwing a spinner I like to make make it flutter into the deeper pockets of the river or rip it with current next to large rocks and slow it down on the back side of them.
you will snag up a little at first but with practice and learning to read the river you will hardly ever snag up.
I like using plastics and bump the bottom or swim them threw the holes with the current. Tube jigs are easy to learn with and cheap when your learning how to fish a river and read it.
To be a good river fisherman you have to first learn to read it learn were the fish are and how there feeding.
And then you will catch fish most of the time.
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Thanks WarChild!! That was a great post!  I'm going to be practicing with Tubes sooner or later. I like how cheap they are and how many you can get in a package. I also like how easy they are to rig, plus I've had some success with them in the past! What would you reccomend for a river that is moderately clear with a sandy bottom? I'd appreciate that info! I'm going to practicing riggin my tubes and what not and I'll tell you all how I do next time! Thanks again.
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That depends on what your fishing for.
The first thing I do when I get to river I am going to be fishing for the first time is. I start by just relaxing by the shore and watch to see if the fish are actively feeding on the top or if they are just slurping from the sub surface or there rolling on the bottom.
Then I get in and I start rolling rocks here and there.
To see if theres Sculpin, Crayfish, Rock Rollers. and misc. insects that they would usually be feeding on.
If there are sculpins or crayfish in the river system your fishing in. Try and match your tube color the best you can to them.
Looking on the surface of the water and under the rocks will show you what there feeding on usually. Be it smallies or walleyes or trout.
Just remember learn to see what the fish are feeding on. learn to read the river and learn were the fish will be at in the river.
Theres a lot to learn about reading a river and were the fish are going to be at but actually its really simple.
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[quote Warchild]That depends on what your fishing for.
The first thing I do when I get to river I am going to be fishing for the first time is. I start by just relaxing by the shore and watch to see if the fish are actively feeding on the top or if they are just slurping from the sub surface or there rolling on the bottom.
Then I get in and I start rolling rocks here and there.
To see if theres Sculpin, Crayfish, Rock Rollers. and misc. insects that they would usually be feeding on.
If there are sculpins or crayfish in the river system your fishing in. Try and match your tube color the best you can to them.
Looking on the surface of the water and under the rocks will show you what there feeding on usually. Be it smallies or walleyes or trout.
Just remember learn to see what the fish are feeding on. learn to read the river and learn were the fish will be at in the river.
Theres a lot to learn about reading a river and were the fish are going to be at but actually its really simple.[/quote]
Thank you for another helpful post Warchild! I plan on going fishing at some point this weekend so hopefully I get a chance to get my feet wet. I'll be sure to see what they're feeding on, but as far as reading the river goes it'll be a while before I'm that good! Lol. There are a couple of spots that I am going to try this weekend probably, two that I know my friends have gotten fish from. Thank you again.
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I have had a lot of luck with night crawlers on the bottom. They seem to take everything except northerns. I use a rapala original a lot, it produces most of the predatory fish in the rivers I fish.
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I use the Blue/Silver X-Raps, they seem to produce the best for me...
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This is my technique for fishing the river (which is usually my favorite and most productive spot). I usually take my son with me (5 year old catfish slayer). We will throw out two lines with stink bait on them, but..throw the first line out and let the river current take it to a stopping point, (don't leave your reel clicked, lock the reel) I know that goes against popular belief, but if you don't do that, the river will just keep taking it on and on until you get snagged.
Then if you want to set more than one catfish rod, walk up river 10 or 15 feet,and throw out the other and stop it before it drifts to where your first one was at. Now..get a white rooster tail or in my case I use an orange crawdad Rat-L-Trap and slay some smallmouth or you can switch over to a white rooster tail and see what the crappie have to say about that.
You probably already know this stuff but I thought I would tell you anyhow. Just be careful with my technique listed above,if you are fishing alone, you might be over the legal limit on poles,but with my son there it isn't since we're each allowed 2 poles by law.
But that's how I do it, I usually end up staying so busy taking channel cats off that I forget to cast my artificial bait out lol. Good Luck!
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You want to try a neat way to fish a river? I just happened upon this a couple weeks ago, by total accident.
It was cold, and I wanted to try out my new drop shot rod/reel. I live about a mile from a river, so I stopped to just see how the new rod/reel would cast and how the new lures would look in the water. I wasn't looking for any results.
I was using a 2.5" Gulp! Minnow in Emerald Shiner color. The drop shot rig was a perfect little drift-style rig for the river! The little drop shot weight never got stuck like a split shot rig would, and the Gulp! Minnow just rode the current and looked exactly like live bait.
If you don't know what I mean by drop shot, tie a #1 Finesse-type hook on a palomar knot and leave about an 18" long tag-end on the knot. On the bottom of the tag end, clip on a 1/8 or 1/4 oz pineapple drop shot weight (no need to tie). Now, you've got a hook that will suspend about a foot and a half over the weight. Just nose hook the Gulp! Minnow and cast it out!
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Scruffy-
I detached the off-topic post for you.
Quote:That is a good area for Trout. They are planted Trout but every bit as fun as natural Trout.
You can get them on small spinners, dropshot worms and Crickets in that area. They do plant the Browns, Brook Trout and Rainbows.
I am not familiar with that waterbody, like tuben2 is. However, I do fish trout on Connecticut rivers. I've had good luck with crawlers (I usually halve them) with river trout as well as pan-fish (in ponds). I have also hooked a couple of cats and smaller bass with them as well.
Too bad that the kids that were fishing there were behaving so unethically. It sounds like they haven't really recieved any proper guidance. Hopefully they will straighten themselves out before a conservation officer has to.
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