The Fish of a Lifetime!

Mississippi River Pool 4

Holy smokes! Our ice is gone.  Like that, "winter" blew by and the weekend wind blew away our ice.  That means open water fishing NOW!  I picked up the 2012 Rapid Marine Lund and fell in love at first sight. 

2012 Lund Pro V 1875

It's the new 1875 Pro V decked out with a 200 Mercury Verado,  two 900 series Humminbird units,  Two Minn Kotas, including a Terrova w I-Pilot up front and 101 Vantage in back.  All the bells and whistles you'd expect from a Pro V,  plus that darn bright green Rapid Marine wrap.

The boat sure looked good on the Mississippi River last week.  Pool 4 is open for business, judging from the number of darn boats out there.  We didn't find a lot of walleyes, but got our paws on a few fat saugers. 

If you plan on fishing the river, do me a favor.  Look closely at the following photo.  See anything?

 

The two poor guys in the little boat in the middle were hooked into a giant fish and it was pulling them all over the place.  Notice, no one bothered to get out of their darn way.   Good golly, give your fellow anglers a break! By the way, 45 minutes later, they landed a paddlefish that was wider than their boat! Very cool....
Holy Smokes!
Oh, and look at the Humminbird.  Talk about a pile of fish.....
Actually, Humminbirds have been my best friend twice in the last two weeks. Number one, on the river and two, up north in Saskatchewan.   I was sitting on Tobin Lake shooting a walleye story when I saw the biggest red blob on my Humminbird 55.  Here's what happened next...