Although it seems like yesterday, it was February when I stopped into Bob Moore's Bait and Tackle in South Minneapolis.
Normally I'm greeted by the owner Bob, or his wife Meg. This time it was different. Bob has a new face in his shop....Heidi his new Red Lab puppy.
While Bob was stocking his shelves with the early spring tackle and cat fishing gear, Heidi was hard at work keeping the hospitality bar high. I know that one of these days I'll walk into the bait shop and Heidi will be sitting by the door suggestion the latest hot bait to each customer as they arrive!
Stop in and see the new face of Bob Moore's Bait and Tackle. Don't forget the doggie treats!
Towards the end of February while most were out on the hard water fishing, I found myself fishing with a Marcum underwater camera on Pool 4 of the Mississippi River. Because of the warm water discharge of the power plant just up stream, Pool 4 has open water all year. Without the boat, barge traffic and rain run off the Mighty Muddy Mississippi clears up very nicely. A perfect time to see what's down there.
One of the times Jessy Krook my boat control guy and I were out we ran across a school of short and long nose gar fish. I was surprised to see these minnow feeders laying so quietly on the bottom of the river. Here, watch the video yourself.
Then in March/April we had the flooding on the river at Everts. Ol Man River never shut down the resort but sure made parking miserable. Sure glad the levels are almost back to normal for this time of year. While most figured the river was too high to fish, the river rats flocked to the high water an
