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Hey everyone, just thought I'd let yall know the Bassmaster Memorial is on ESPN 2 right now, in case I'm not the only one up at this hour! Sorry for the late update but I just found it!

I use the Mister Twister quite a bit. The majority of my fishing is done on the Mississippi River, and we lose a lot of tackle. Love the action of the Mister Twister single tails, usually have a bit of luck with them too. Everything seems to like them, walleye, largemouth, smallmouth, crappie, sunnies(on a the little ones), carp, sauger, channel cat... and probably a few others I forgot to name there. Long story short: Jake you ever get any extras you want to give away I'll gladly find a good home for them!

Make-up of my lake: miles and miles of Mississippi River and backwaters. Visibility up to 1 foot if the water is down and it hasn't rained in a while. Every type of fishable terrain imaginable!! Note: Don't worry, I am fully aware that the Mississippi is not actually a lake...

Yes! As Crestliner says, don't be discouraged. There will be a few days that you will not catch anything, but don't let that stop you from trying again!

I do the majority of my fishing from the shore. I'm not sure what principles you have learned from watching and reading, but I would say that the same general guidlines apply, i.e. different baits to try in different conditions, ways to present different baits. The thing with fishing from the shore is you will(most likely) have a much more limited mobility, meaning you need to be a little more versatile, or just persistant. Hope this helped somewhat, I'm sure someone else will have something a little more insightful to say. Good luck!

Hey guys! Thanks for the quick replies! I am unfortuantely not out fishing yet, the river is froze over solid here right now. Once it warms up a bit I will be shore bound. Is there any certain rig I sure learn to run the Senkos and similar softies? A little note here, I like using the sofites around here because they aren't too pricy(compared to a crank or a spinner) and we lose a loooot of tackle. For the most part its all rocks/whatever trees have gotten stuck over the years/whatever else has gotten stuck there. I'm not too familiar with any of the different rig styles, but if you just point me in the right direction, I'm sure there is plenty of info around the forum here on how to rig the different styles.

Hey guys, just joined the forum, hoping I can tap into the wealth of knowledge you all possess! My hometown borders the Mississippi River, and my college town is split in two by the Illinois River. I love fishing, and now that hunting is pretty much done in for the year I'm starting to switch gears and wait for the warmer weather. I was wondering if you could give me any advice for what to fish in these areas? I love the softbaits, my typical go-to is just a mister twister with a jighead(ocasionally a roadrunner just for a lil flash). This does work for me, but its real slow some days. Any suggestions for what to try? Its a little different than you lake folks, water clarity is...well the muddy Mississippi, you can imagine. I also spend most of my time on the channel, so current is movin through pretty strong as well. I catch a lot of walleye and largemouth out of here, the ocasional sauger, carp, cat, and whatever else happened to be swimming by at the time. Thanks for any help you can give!