Last time on the river.

[Jon Navratil]

Another good year of chasing smallies, walleyes and muskies concludes on the upper Mississippi river.  BUT! it all starts again next May!   

Every year it seems to get a little more traffic so finding a secluded spot becomes more of a challenge.

Like last year, I had a steady & great topwater bite for 3 months. There is nothing like having a smallmouth bass hit a topwater. The trend this year though was to work smaller lures fast and I'm still not certain why the larger profile lures really never took off.

I managed a few walleyes working crankbaits, usual tactic for me, on just about every trip.

The muskies were sporadic. One here and one there.

Now, I definitely have noticed a trend for more and larger crappies this year. A nice distraction, what more can I say??

Oh, the boat isn't put away, just hibernating until we hit the mid 40's and get some sun. When will that be?

On the river soon,
Nav
 

[Bobby Bass]

Hard to beat a river smallie! I have the Saint Louis river to fish here and you never know what will bite. Smallies, Walleyes, Northerns even Catfish and on the right parts some Largemouth bass will tug on your line. Just reading about the river brings a smile to my face and a kick in the pants that I should have made a few more trips there this past summer...