Sunday afternoon Smallmouths 11-16

[Baron Von Crappie]

I got out to the Mississippi river for a late fall bassin outing. I was suposed to meet BP Dave Maas, but he couldn't make it so I hit the water by myself. I found a nice looking spot near some trees in the water and started jigging a berkley minnow on a 1 / 16th ounce jig. I got one on the first cast!, then I hooked into a huge one probably over 4 pounds. "fishface" Jim Bonin showed up just in time to take a pic for me.
Then he when flyfishing and started getting some smaller bass on surface flies. I kept flinging different plastic minnows and probably caught a dozen bass, three of them huge, the rest were "fun sized" it was around 30 degrees and windy, but I stayed plenty warm with my arctic Armor parka even though my waders did leak some!
all the pics: MT Bucket: Sunday afternoon smallmouths 11-16

[birdman]

ahh you make a man jealous! Only get to fish for them once a year in canada, wish we had some of them around here. You have some nice small jaws there! Keep postin the pictures and reports, always enjoy them!

[duc hntr]

Nice lookin smallie there Baron, I only get to fish for those things once a year as well, thanks for the pictures.