Title: Wisconsin's Best Smallmouth Streams
Headings: Wisconsin's Best Smallmouth Streams
Fishing Bass
Wisconsin's Best Smallmouth Streams
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ST. CROIX RIVER
WISCONSIN RIVER
MISSISSIPPI RIVER
BLACK RIVER
RED CEDAR RIVER
FLAMBEAU RIVER
MENOMINEE RIVER
GALENA RIVER
JUMP RIVER
OTHER STREAMS
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Content: Photo courtesy of Ted Peck
There are nearly 40 miles of prime and rugged smallmouth water between Riverside and Grantsburg in Burnett County, with the run of river between Danbury and Norway Point also very popular with local anglers. Numerous tributaries dump into the St. Croix before its eventual confluence with the mighty Mississippi, with many holding tremendous smallmouth potential in their own right. This river starts to grow true shoulders down around Danbury, where there are good boat launches on both the Wisconsin and Minnesota sides of this boundary river. Don't be surprised if a walleye intercepts your lure here. Both smallies and walleyes are present in incredible numbers, according to Department of Natural Resources fisheries manager Larry Damman. On the lower river you can run a larger boat and move more quickly between likely smallmouth haunts. From Stillwater to Prescott, the St. Croix slows, with habitat that is more like a lake than a river. Contacts: National Park Service, (715) 483-3284; DNR, (608) 266-2621;