Tag: Mississippi River

Flappin’ for Smallies

  EVER FISH WITH A FLAPPER? No not that kind.  Not that it wouldn’t be fun, but I don’t think many fish would get caught.  Ever see someone set the hook while wearing heels?  It’s a disaster.   I’m...

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Back to the River—Finally!

I remember a fine Sunday afternoon about ten years ago when I was battling big boat wakes on a popular metro muskie lake.  At that point in my life, I really did a lot of muskie fishing and I as slowed to bounce through still...

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Chasin’ River Muskies

Another year with my least favorite river conditions–LOW WATER! At least it is low now, after a summer of nice, high water.  I often talk to anglers who think low water is better as it concentrates the fish.  I actually...

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Back on the Mississippi

Finally, the river has come back into shape.  Although when I checked my records I see it was actually later than this last year before we could get after the brown bass on the river.  I headed up to my preferred high...

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