Modeled depthRiver map
Mississippi River (Monticello)
Monticello to Anoka (smallmouth reach)
- Recorded max
- 19 ft
- Species
- Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Channel Catfish
Split-water fishing maps
Mississippi River fishing maps and mapped reaches
Fishing maps for ten mapped Mississippi River reaches and navigation pools from Minnesota to Louisiana.
10 live reaches6 survey-backed depth maps15 cataloged target species
Built for useful map scale
Why Mississippi River is split up
The river spans thousands of miles and a chain of navigation pools; each child keeps a recognizable fishing reach at usable scale.
One page per mapped area
Choose a Mississippi River fishing-map reach
Modeled depthRiver map
Mississippi River (Brainerd)
Brainerd to Fort Ripley
- Recorded max
- 11 ft
- Species
- Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Channel Catfish
Modeled depthRiver map
Mississippi River Pool 2 (Hastings)
Ford Dam down to the Hastings dam — the metro pool MN DNR calls the area's best quality walleye and sauger water; catch-and-release only for walleye, sauger and bass.
- Recorded max
- 30 ft
- Species
- Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass
Modeled depthRiver map
Mississippi River Pool 3 (Hastings to Red Wing)
Hastings dam down to Lock & Dam 3 — about 18 miles of channel, wing dams and backwaters feeding the head of Pool 4.
- Recorded max
- 30 ft
- Species
- Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, Sauger
Survey-backed depthRiver map
Mississippi River Pool 4 (Red Wing)
Lock & Dam 3 tailrace through Red Wing to the head of Lake Pepin — the Upper Miss' most famous walleye and sauger water.
- Recorded max
- 37 ft
- Species
- Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, Sauger
Survey-backed depthRiver map
Mississippi River Pool 8 (La Crosse)
Dresbach dam to Genoa: sprawling stump-field backwaters — big bluegills, largemouth and November walleye below the spillway.
- Recorded max
- 39 ft
- Species
- Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Sauger
Survey-backed depthRiver map
Mississippi River Pool 13 (Clinton)
Bellevue to Fulton: the widest pool on the Upper Miss — backwater largemouth, slab bluegills and wing-dam walleye.
- Recorded max
- 53 ft
- Species
- Largemouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, Sauger
Survey-backed depthRiver map
Mississippi River Pool 19 (Keokuk)
Burlington to Keokuk — the oldest pool on the river: flathead and channel cat water with white bass on every point.
- Recorded max
- 43 ft
- Species
- Largemouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, Sauger
Survey-backed depthRiver map
Mississippi River — Memphis
Caruthersville to below Memphis — the Lower Mississippi's trophy blue catfish water on deep bendway holes and dike fields.
- Recorded max
- 135 ft
- Species
- Largemouth Bass, White Bass, Sauger, Crappie
Survey-backed depthRiver map
Mississippi River — Vicksburg
Lake Providence to below Vicksburg — big-bend blue and flathead catfish water where the Yazoo joins the Lower Mississippi.
- Recorded max
- 100 ft
- Species
- Largemouth Bass, White Bass, Crappie, Channel Catfish
Same child-page contract
What every section keeps separate
- Depth provenance: each child discloses whether its contours are survey-backed or modeled; a family card never upgrades that label.
- Fishing spots: structure and seasonal recommendations are calculated inside the child boundary so distant reaches are not mixed together.
- Fish species: each page keeps its own supported roster rather than inheriting every species found anywhere in the parent system.
- Local context: hatch guidance, access, hazards, catches and nearby-water links continue to resolve for the individual child where data is available.