4/14/12

I was able to get out with some guys from the Renegade Bassers on Saturday. We went down to pool 2 on the Mississippi. We had four boats out with 7 people and got started around 8am.  After a quick run down river, Ryan and I began working a channel we had found the last time we fished the river. We began pitching jigs and I quickly caught a small keeper.  We continued working the area and managed to catch a few more large mouths and small mouths over the next couple hours.  Most were in the 12-14" range with 1 15" over 2lbs. We decided to move on and see if there was anything up around the corner, but didn't find anything but water that was too shallow to get the boat through comfortably.  After working our way back to the main river, we decided to run back up to an area that we had seen earlier. A short way in to the channel, Ryan caught a nice 17" 3-1/2lb large mouth and twenty feet later I caught a nice 16" 2-1/2lb large mouth on a Culprit Stinger.We worked that channel until we ran out of time and had to head back home.  Ryan and I finished with 11 fish for the day (a mixture of large mouths and small mouths).  We ran into the other boats as we were finishing up at the landing. One had caught 4 fish, another did about what we did with 11 fish, and the last boat had a great day with over 25 fish, but Ryan's 17" large mouth was big bass for the day. Good job guys!!!