Mississippi

Bob, Mike and I fished the Mississippi from Ellison Park down to Nashua Ave Friday. A big cold front just went through that we hoped it didn't affect the fishing too badly. It was slow however, and all fish came on a Murdich minnow (green) with a sink-tip. Bob fished a deer hair popper the whole time with no takers, and all the fish we got on the Murdich minnow were slow presentations. Fish were congregated in slower, deeper water, and you could see the takes in 3-4 feet of water which was fun. We did manage some nice fish -



Forgive the glasses - they were SierraTradingPost.com closeouts.

I also showcased the boat fly patch - thanks Brian.

Lastly, when I got home I was very happy to see a refridgerator ready to go for the Wisconsin vs. Nebraska game.  Thank you dear.



That is a lot of cheese and Leinenkugels

Upper, Upper, Upper St Croix

The past 2 weekends the flows have been perfect to float a very upper section of the St Croix from County T Landing down to Louise Park Landing.  On the map it doesn't look like very much water but the water is prime, the shuttle is short, and the fish don't have any pressure. 

Russ, Austin and I floated August 20th and we got a number of quality fish.

The picture I wish I had would be of Austin holding a 35 plus inch Muskie.  He was fishing the Skitter Prop when a big fish took it.  Austin did great and battled the fish close enough to the boat for us to get a good look at her before the she turned her head and bit him off.

The 27th Brian and I fished the same stretch of river and because of the previous weekend's results, I had high expectations and it didn't disappoint.

Brian caught a bunch of nice fish with this 20 inch fish as the best.

I also finally put the Bank Robber through a little test and loved it.  Hopefully next weekend and can get some better use and I'll right a little report.  I was using the heaviest tip on the Rio Versitip for a 7 wt and it casted great - and I was throwing an articulated Butt Monkey - Kelly Galloup would be very proud.