Thread: River wingdam crappie

never been there , but a very few folks here do well in the rivers in some spots here.....
one thing for certain , most folks overlook rivers in these parts .....

I used to fish behind wing dams all the time when I lived closer to the Arkansas River near Little Rock. Some of the best crappie fishing I ever experienced. Especially in the winter months.

My brother and I fished pool 3 on the Mississippi a couple weeks back and fished wing dams. We found that the first one in a set is the most productive, probably because they get a lot more current than the rest. We found proximity to the channel, first dam in a set, and fishing the up current side was the best play. We were targeting walleye but ended up with a pile of white bass too, as we found a school busting bait up on top of one of the dams.

It was a super fun way to fish, although quite snaggy especially with a worm and jig or slow death rig. We had pretty good luck with blade baits as well, and they are pretty easy to knock loose if you get over on top of them. Can also burn them across the top and pick up opportunistic feeders up shallow.