After a successful weekend down on the river last weekend, I was looking forward to heading back down to the Mighty Miss and catching some more bass! Well the conditions had changed a bit, but I made some changes to my presentation and moved to some new areas and was again catching some fish.
I was throwing a 1/4 oz. RC Tackle Swimming Jig around eel grass and lilypads. Varying my retrieve speed was key to triggering the bass to bite. I also used a variety of topwater frogs which brought some fun topwater action. The key with the frog was to walk it all the way back to the boat, because many of the strikes would happen in open water.
A big key to my frog fishing this year has been using the new Quantum Burner reel. This high-speed reel allows me to pick up a lot of slack and get a bass out of the slop very quickly.
Many of the areas I was fishing, also held a lot of northern pike. To avoid break off's, I used 30 and 65 lb. Power Pro line to get the fish out of the nastiest of cover.
So grab some swim jigs and frogs, go find some vegetation on your favorite body of water and get ready for some fast action.
Fourth of July Bass Fishing
I was able to spend four days down at the cabin on pool 10 of the Mississippi River and put in some good time on the water!
December 7, 2009 at 3:26PM
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