PB Mississippi River Walleye | February 2023 Open Water

Was able to clear enough ice to launch the boat in pursuit of some Mississippi River walleyes and sauger. Lots of action, and was able to connect on a nice one.
Also in effort to create more awareness of barotrauma, please try to avoid fishing at depths greater than 30 feet. Walleye and sauger do not release well when pulled up from those depths, and I think we as fishermen should be conscious of it in order to protect the resource. If you do hook up when fishing deep, reel up slowly to help them adjust to the pressure change.
Plus the quality fish usually aren't usually that deep anyways, so better to just move shallower anyways.

[@jimg1638]

Nice video thanks

[@kekismaximums2905]

Living the good life! Keep it up!

[@Fishnfreak]

Smacked ‘em!!

[@1970azar]

NICE CATCH JACKSON!!

[@Skys_the_limit-ir8ey]

Nice vid!!! Hope to see more!

[@robsandman5161]

Gotta use purple hair jigs I have been fishing Genoa since I was 15

[@JacksonBaumgartOutdoors]

Purple hair jigs are definitely the way to go. What’s your preferred strategy? Anchoring, drifting, etc?

[@country3608]

Great release 👍🎣👍

[@JacksonBaumgartOutdoors]

Thanks 👍

[@MrJarsh12]

Hell yeah! Saw you driving out to your spot that day haha! -Josh brown

[@JacksonBaumgartOutdoors]

Haha nice! On the river or in my truck? Nice how did you do?

[@lukegeffers9283]

Tank of a fish

[@JacksonBaumgartOutdoors]

Just a lil thicc

[@lukegeffers9283]

Big time!!

[@AnthonyXiong]

I’ve kept walleyes with those warts before. The meat is fine, the wart doesn’t go past the skin and scales.

[@JacksonBaumgartOutdoors]

Good to know. If I’m lucky enough to catch that same one again he won’t be so lucky 😅

[@fishamons5439]

Make sure you cover your battery terminals when out on the water I got a ticket from the warden once for not having a cover plus never want to have sparks by the gas tank!

[@JacksonBaumgartOutdoors]

Good to know

[@ianfincher8501]

Great walleyes. I never understood why people toss fish back in the water though. Just set them down it hurts them to hit the water like that

[@JacksonBaumgartOutdoors]

I truthfully don’t think it has any affect on smaller walleyes. For big ones yes I agree that one should show respect to the fish by setting them gently in the water.

[@johnzellinger9166]

I'm from Des Moines what pool were you in

[@JacksonBaumgartOutdoors]

Nice. This was just north of you a couple pools pool 9. How has the bite been down by you so far?

[@tbauer2521]

Maybe he was going to release it anyway, but just so others know the slot is 20" to 27" and none of those can be kept.

[@JacksonBaumgartOutdoors]

Great point. The slot is very important on this pool. I would hope he would have released it regardless. Gotta let those big females do their thing.