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...