Mississippi river

[TnRiver46]

Now that looks like somewhere I would fish 

[flatcreek]

Looks like swimbait country.

[TnRiver46]

47 minutes ago, flatcreek said:

Looks like swimbait country.

I think paulanik caught the biggest so far with a swimbait 

[roadwarrior]

Looks a lot like Pickwick below the dam.

[flatcreek]

28 minutes ago, roadwarrior said:

Looks a lot like Pickwick below the dam.

I’m hoping to get back up to Pickwick this October.It’s been too long since I’ve fished it.

[gim]

3 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Now that looks like somewhere I would fish 

Nice rocky area to park the boat too!

 

Finally nice to see anglers not just watching their sonar and drop shotting.  Even some topwater action!

[roadwarrior]

Things generally pick up around the middle of the month, 10/15.

[NorthernBasser]

I was watching earlier. One thing I always wonder is, when they're live fishing, how are they getting these weights in real-time for the BassTrakk? They aren't being weighed right away like they do in MLF.

[scaleface]

14 minutes ago, NorthernBasser said:

I was watching earlier. One thing I always wonder is, when they're live fishing, how are they getting these weights in real-time for the BassTrakk? They aren't being weighed right away like they do in MLF.

They just guess . A lot of those guys under estimate their weights , a lot .

[DitchPanda]

7 hours ago, gimruis said:

Nice rocky area to park the boat too!

 

Finally nice to see anglers not just watching their sonar and drop shotting.  Even some topwater action!

Agreed. Guys swimbaiting...jig fishing...finesse fishing...frogging. I love the diversity of techniques.

[TnRiver46]

I saw guys looking down at live today…….. and diversity of techniques at the last event

 

I think it’s the deep clear water and smallmouth that you guys don’t like hahah

[DitchPanda]

1 hour ago, TnRiver46 said:

I saw guys looking down at live today…….. and diversity of techniques at the last event

 

I think it’s the deep clear water and smallmouth that you guys don’t like hahah

 Not saying there aren't guys using live here and also not saying they weren't somewhat diverse at Oahe. Several guys there used a Carolina rig which caught me off guard. That said like at the top 10- 7 of those guys used dropshot and Ned rig.

 Just feel like in general in largemouth tournaments there seems to be more diversity. Maybe I'm wrong.

[TnRiver46]

7 hours ago, DitchPanda said:

 Not saying there aren't guys using live here and also not saying they weren't somewhat diverse at Oahe. Several guys there used a Carolina rig which caught me off guard. That said like at the top 10- 7 of those guys used dropshot and Ned rig.

 Just feel like in general in largemouth tournaments there seems to be more diversity. Maybe I'm wrong.

I wouldn’t say wrong haha. They are catching smallies here too. Just seems to me like they guys that don’t like smallmouth tournaments really just don’t like deep water tournaments because this one has plenty of smallmouth 

[snake95]

Ok guys educate me: basstrakk is showing a Saturday cut line but everyone is still fishing.

 

Clearly this cut line doesn’t apply to this tourney.

 

Is there a top 10 or some other cut line for championship Sunday?  Or is it wide open since this determines AOY?  Or something else?

[MN Fisher]

2 minutes ago, snake95 said:

Ok guys educate me: basstrakk is showing a Saturday cut line but everyone is still fishing.

 

Clearly this cut line doesn’t apply to this tourney.

 

Is there a top 10 or some other cut line for championship Sunday?  Or is it wide open since this determines AOY?  Or something else?

They didn't start Thursday, they started yesterday...so today is Day 2, tomorrow is top 47, Monday is top 10.

[Johnbt]

Thanks, I didn't watch enough to tell what was going on. The first fish I saw got bounced 3 times on the carpet. The next fish I saw got pinned between the angler's arm and his body. I went outside and put a coat of teak oil on a shower bench for my wife.

[snake95]

1 hour ago, MN Fisher said:

They didn't start Thursday, they started yesterday...so today is Day 2, tomorrow is top 47, Monday is top 10.

Thank you!! BASS' cut line text on Basstrakk was not updated.  Man, what a close AOY!

 

[gim]

9 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

I wouldn’t say wrong haha. They are catching smallies here too. Just seems to me like they guys that don’t like smallmouth tournaments really just don’t like deep water tournaments because this one has plenty of smallmouth 

Part of it is also the time of year they are in the north targeting them. Most smallmouth in bigger water during midsummer move deeper offshore. If they would fish these locations more in the spring, I think you would see a more diverse approach other than the primary vertical finesse stuff.

 

When I target brown bass in the spring, I use a lot of power tactics like jerk baits, chatterbaits, spinnerbaits, crank baits, etc. The fish also tend to be shallower because of the spawn.

[scaleface]

Did Matt Robertson get his wigs clipped after last tournaments antics ? He said yesterday that peep shows are not free and said nothing today .

[TnRiver46]

2 hours ago, gimruis said:

Part of it is also the time of year they are in the north targeting them. Most smallmouth in bigger water during midsummer move deeper offshore. If they would fish these locations more in the spring, I think you would see a more diverse approach other than the primary vertical finesse stuff.

 

When I target brown bass in the spring, I use a lot of power tactics like jerk baits, chatterbaits, spinnerbaits, crank baits, etc. The fish also tend to be shallower because of the spawn.

They hit the spawn up north on smallie tournaments a few times and the floggers made everyone mad. Ban  smallmouth fishing all together! Haha

[TnRiver46]

Bryan Schmitt is bear hugging smallmouth in the rain one after another 

[dneedham]

17 hours ago, scaleface said:

Did Matt Robertson get his wigs clipped after last tournaments antics ? He said yesterday that peep shows are not free and said nothing today .

I wondered the same thing.  He was on stage for all of a minute on Saturday.

[Johnbt]

"...is bear hugging smallmouth..."

 

Doesn't he know how to lip them?

[scaleface]

anybody watching the weigh-in ? I cant seem to get it .

[TnRiver46]

4 hours ago, Johnbt said:

"...is bear hugging smallmouth..."

 

Doesn't he know how to lip them?

He lipped them and they started wiggling so he just held them like a running back holds a football