we did really well today but not up top ...we were by the lower spillaway ....it is not dangerous there for a beginner in the boat ....look for deep water and that is the ticket today we were getting them in 36-40ft of water..vertical jigging...no minnows on our jigs .Water temp was 48 degrees.. OK I'll give you my secret we were using home made blade baits .We got some really big sows over 3lbs !!!! ANd they had eggs in them ! I thought they didn't spawn until February usually...

We began to catch sauger while striper fishing back in Sept and then I told my buddy this is gonna be a good sauger year ...