First Bass Fishing outing of 2008
Hey all,
Finally got back out after my late December trip was foiled by another motorist. The weather was beautiful for Minnesota in January standards. For the 6 hours we fished, the temperature hovered between 35 & 40 degrees. Overall the fishing was solid as well, I did not catch as many fish as I did in my trip in late November, but the overall quality was better. I am going to let the pictures do most of the talking
Good Start
Brushhog with a nice a smallie & I with a 10lb 15oz carp
Josh Douglaswith a 3lb 6oz & Ryan Brant with two goodns'
Another chunk, along with my biggest 3lbs 3oz, it looks cool with the snow & ice on its tail!
I caught several fish on a drop shot Gulp Alive 3 Minnow, but most of the fish came on either a 3" Yum or Berkley Green Pumpkin tube, the biggest was on the Power Tube.
My totals: 49 Smallmouth, 3 Rock Bass, 3 Carp
Overall 4 guys: 207 smallmouth, 3 carp, 1 walleye, 1 northern, and handful of Rock Bass
I am sure most of you enjoyed sitting on the couch watching the NFL playoffs, but you missed out
P.S. Josh & I snuck out before the bass club meeting on Monday night as well...... check back for details.
Rich
RichLindgren.com
Rich's Bassin' Forum
Bass Fishing Tackle Blog
Finally got back out after my late December trip was foiled by another motorist. The weather was beautiful for Minnesota in January standards. For the 6 hours we fished, the temperature hovered between 35 & 40 degrees. Overall the fishing was solid as well, I did not catch as many fish as I did in my trip in late November, but the overall quality was better. I am going to let the pictures do most of the talking
Good Start
Brushhog with a nice a smallie & I with a 10lb 15oz carp
Josh Douglaswith a 3lb 6oz & Ryan Brant with two goodns'
Another chunk, along with my biggest 3lbs 3oz, it looks cool with the snow & ice on its tail!
I caught several fish on a drop shot Gulp Alive 3 Minnow, but most of the fish came on either a 3" Yum or Berkley Green Pumpkin tube, the biggest was on the Power Tube.
My totals: 49 Smallmouth, 3 Rock Bass, 3 Carp
Overall 4 guys: 207 smallmouth, 3 carp, 1 walleye, 1 northern, and handful of Rock Bass
I am sure most of you enjoyed sitting on the couch watching the NFL playoffs, but you missed out
P.S. Josh & I snuck out before the bass club meeting on Monday night as well...... check back for details.
Rich
RichLindgren.com
Rich's Bassin' Forum
Bass Fishing Tackle Blog
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At very first glance, I thought the carp was a smallmouth. Very nice catch and thosoe pics are real cool since it shows you out catching fish in weather that most of us are inside for. I have to admit I was watching football. Were you fishing a warmwater discharge area?
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No discharge in sight of where we were fishing
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How did the water keep from freezing? I'm in Florida, so no problem here.
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Its a section of the Mississippi that has decent current, so it rarely freezes up
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Wow... nice great catch!!
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Rich nicely done i would expect no less then that from a man of your caliber. And the carp picture had me fooled for a second too. i thought you caught the next state record.
ike
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Yeah, when I had that big boy hooked, I thought I may have had the state record smallie for a bit as well. Hey all, I just listed a few surplus items on ebay, check out my store. Got some PowerBaits & Vertical Lures right now...
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This is the Upper Miss and it aint that deep. You were catching em because the warm water discharge is upstream and manipulates their activity. Nice fish, glad John Stears report helped ya out.
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Yes, I was aware there was a discharge a ways up river. Not sure what John Stear's report you are talking about....
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