Last week I asked about the largemouth population on the mississippi river -- here's how I made out yesterday, fishing with my wife and her dad.
We hit the weeds, fishing carolina rigs using 5" plastic worms -- we're all novices, by the way. No fish there, wife got impatient and wanted to catch some pike, so we moved further from shore -- worthwhile notables were a pike I caught, prolly about 18" long or so
my wife caught a nice little largemouth (or is it a smallmouth?)
, and her dad caught a skinny 12" pike (a real cutie ).
When the rain started, we took her dad home and we went across the river and anchored under overhanging branches. I went into the weeds with the carolina rig while my wife casted a medium-diving crankbait for pike. She caught a pretty nice pike (bit bigger than mine was), and I caught a smallie (bit bigger than hers was). No pics since the rain might've slaughered my digital camera
No largies for me, but we had a lot of fun. Best part was that I'm starting to get results with plastic worms and the carolina rig.
Enjoy the rest of the weekend!