Mississippi River Bash

[Koop]

Hey all,

Lack of posts over the summer can be directly related to a 22 credit summer semester. Been busy but staying on the lakes. Had an absolutely amazing summer, wish I could have made some more reports but caught a new large mouth PB (8lb 5oz) on a frog over the pads. Hoping for just as good of a fall.

Got out on the Mississippi out of pool 9 day before last. It's been gettin cold and a cold front was pushing through, we started out fishing the backwaters but as we had suspected the large mouth had been pushed out by the cold. Well, its a river, so lets go find some structure and current and catch smallies.

GMAN's pbj football jigs w/ pbj paca craws and burnt orange or red square billed crank baits all day long. Partner and I caught about a dozen 3-5lb smallies (Largest was 5lb2oz caught by my darn partner right out from under my nose) in about 8 hours and quite a few 1-2's as well. We found them in about 8-9 fow right outside of the main current sticking to the chunk rock and feeding on prey in the current.

Heck of a day and a heck of a start to the fall fishing.

[CWB]

Great to hear from you Koop. Thought you disappeared.

Where did you get the 8-5 from? Was Buffalo the lake you said was frog heaven?

P.S.

Fix your profile so you can receive P.M.'s

Ken

[Koop]

Hey Ken,

It was actually on lake Wisconsin, Buffalo is in bad shape. Its very sad but the DNR wants a higher duck concentration in that area for hunters, so they are making changes that are drastically effecting the lake. I'm not sure how many more good years are in Buffalo unfortunately my favorite lake is not doing so hot.