;D ;D ;D

On Monday I finally got into my first fish of the year..however I only caught between 8 and 10 bass.. Last night I was out, same spot, same type of baits and absolutely clobbered the fish. I caught 70+ and the guy I was with also caught 70+ we each had several keepers, but nothing over 2-2-1/2 lbs. It was a great time. We were using Jerkbaits, flipping jigs, swim jigs, zellamanders, spinnerbaits...pretty much anything you want to throw at them. The water temp is well into the 60's in this back creek as compared to other places on the main part of the river. It was a great time and needless to say, I have a good case of the bass thumb now!! I can't wait to get down there tonight to whack some more fish!

-Cade

here is my friend Zac Cassill with the biggest fish of the day..a fat 16"er.

Good looking fish guys!

Thanks  

Cade...70 fish!! I would die if I had a day like that. Congrats man. You deserve it after such a long winter.

I saw that you were throwing jerkbaits. Are you starting to like them?

Wow!

Great way to start the year...Congratulations!

Cool !!

Sounds like you two had a awesome time.

M_Fields

Sounds like a blast! Congrats!

Good times to be had.

Congrats sounds like you had a great time.

Thanks Everyone for the replies! Yes Ryan..lol I have actually been starting to like them. I have always had a few but now I'm really starting to shine with them. We went out in the rain today and everything but me got soaked. ;D  However I caught this good fish on a popper. I caught 2 others on a flipping jig but they were dink 12 & 13 inchers. The fishing really slowed down because we got like an inch of rain over night and the temp went from 70's to low 40's in the course of a day. We had 4 ft visability yesterday and less than 1 ft today. I'm just glad I caught a few and stayed dry!

wow water temps already 60! They're about 30-35 here still  :-/

70 fish is outstanding, and nothing shows a good day of fishing better than some bass thumb

70?  

thanks for the comments. Yeah we really really got into them. Thats one thing about mississippi River bass fishing..You have a potential to have 70-100 or even more fish days. The river is really abundant with bass in the 12-14" range because the keeping size limit is 14" . I believe this aids in having such a healthy population of fish. Like I said, they were mostly dinks but still several keepers each. It was great fun. Yes the 60+ degree water temps were no exaggeration either. The ice went out and we had several days above 70 degrees with 2 days cracking 81, and 83. They were both records and when the water is clear with lots of wood around, and 4 ft max, you are bound to have warm water. Not to mention this place stays open all year round because it is city run off and I believe some of it may be warm water discharge from area buildings. The fish definitely use the small stretch well this time of year, as you can see from the pics and report

wow water temps already 60! They're about 30-35 here still  :-/

70 fish is outstanding, and nothing shows a good day of fishing better than some bass thumb

I think YBM was talking about air temps going from 70 to 40, not water temp.

sounds like the fish are really bitin over there!!!!.....hope they start that over here too lol

Yeah the air temp went from 70's to low 40s, but on Monday we actually saw 67 degrees for water temp up in this creek. Its no surprise like I said, it conducts the warmth a lot better like I said in my other post. Right now though I bet its in the low 50's because its been cold and raining the past few days. The rest of the river has been 40's-low 50's..