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Bass Fishing Report: Mississippi River Pool 4 - June 11-14, 2006
I got the chance to spend these
couple of days searching new waters in the morning while camping with my
wife and some friends of ours. I fished from about 6:00 AM each day
until about 9:30 AM. After that, it was relaxation time with family and
friends. The weather conditions during our trip could not have been
better. The winds were southerly and the air temps reached into the mid
to upper seventies each day, with the sun shining. The water was cloudy,
but the levels were just about at normal levels during my stay. The fishing was
great as far as I was concerned. I was able to put together a solid
pattern that I adjusted over the days to the point that I knew which
trees and where the bass would be on each one. As you may have guessed,
I was fishing lay downs for large mouth bass for the most part. I
focused on the ones that had some light current and good water close by.
I was fishing with a Brovarney Baits ¼ ounce swim jig in the melon head
color while searching for fish. I caught a number of good legal large
mouths with this bait while searching new areas. When I had located the
areas and caught the aggressive fish, I switched to throwing plastics
into the hearts of the lay downs. Each day I caught good legal limits of
fish, but nothing that would have been much over three pounds. The other pattern I
had going was fishing sand flats close to wing dams that had weeds on
them. Here, I was locating small mouth bass. These were sitting in the
current breaks and were chasing baitfish above the wing dams. I was
working these fish with a crank bait. I had the most success on a shad
pattern medium diving crank bait during the morning hours. I closing, the fish
are moving into their summer haunts and are starting to chase baitfish
in the areas that I normally found them from years past. I would
strongly suggest that you get out there and work the wood for largies as
they are stacked up right now and will only be getting fatter as the may
fly hatch comes and goes. Good luck to all that get out and God Bless. Pictures below Darin Roddick-Small |
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