Panfish and bass are still biting

Me and Jack did well on the backwaters again Saturday with lots of big panfish and perch and lots of largemouth bass too. I caught most of mine with micro lite gear and 2 # test trilene.
I used a 32nd oz jig with either a small fathead minnow or power minnow anywhere from 2 to 12 feet.


fall slab



medium sized bass were a good time on lite line!


This was pretty funny, I fet a sunfsh pecking on my plastic minnow when all of a sudden my rod just started bending down, yep, the pike swallowed the sunfish, and got my hook on its lip too!




big slab bluegills

Jack with a nice slab

Here is a beauty, and the fish looks pretty good too!

the release

Big yellow perch

more bass action

nice sunnie

GEM fall outing report

We had a great time and got lots of fish, check it out on the GEM BLOG

MPG update:

I am trying for another 60 mpg tank, here is were I am at now, I really need t get to 400 miles before half way on the gauge to have a reasonable shot at it.

Mississippi river panfish frenzy 10-11

Me, Ben and jack hit the backwaters of the mississippi looking for panfish, and they were waiting for us! We got a bite on almost every cast! fishing from 2 to ten feet down with plastics and jigs produced lots of nice crappies and sunfish, then towards evening a good topwater bass bite got our attention.

Ben with the first fish of the day


Jack gets a nice slab


I got a couple of pounders




big bull gill


doubles!


pretty gill


Ben with a big mule


more doubs


plenty of bass action on poppers a good end to the day


wow, what a great day, hope we do as well tomorrow with the gem kids club!

Big Lake pike

my Dad sent me this pic of the fish he got with a rapala, it was almost 30 inches.

Pics of my backwaters outing coming soon! tried to post last night and it didnt work for some reason.

Some mule lake bass action

Oooops, it has been awhile since my last post, I havn't taken many pics this week. I forgot my chip for my camera so I got only afew last weekend.

I didn't catch to many really, a couple of nice bass on plastics, I didn't fish too hard, mostly got some R&R....

My big bass for the day, 19 inches, what is the big pink thing covering the fishes mouth??

Gary Ellis got a nice bass too.

silver pike?


MN highway 87


Nice drive home, and record miles on one tank, 601 on only 10.7 gallons= 55.8 mpg


sunset in the mirror kind of an interesting pic