Thanks goodness I can stand! Standing also happens to be good therapy for my pain. So I asked the boss and his 15 year old son Olivier to join me on Mississippi Lake on Thursday for some therapy.
This is how the day started - I got away at sunrise. My guests would be joining me a little later in the morning. It was overcast and cool, but calm. I went exploring for spots.
Bobber and I have started using bass jigs a little more lately. Especially Bobber. Wednesday night Bobber and a buddy of ours went to the Rideau River where I tossed a jig for the first time this year and got half a dozen largies, none greater than two pounds, but confidence in the jig was building... and it was fun.
On Thursday morning I found myself empty-handed after 40 minutes. I was exploring and only finding a lot of spots to avoid in the future. So then I think to myself - maybe if I just keep moving in that direction I will come across the spot that transitions to good conditions for bass. And they will all be there refueling, like if they had swam across the baja desert.
And I was right!
I got a couple of bass pushing 4 pounds on a jig and craw that needed a picture. Two others were 2.5 and 3. I'm beginning to like using jigs - they catch big fish.
I used the jig to catch a number of two pound fish throughout the day and as many more on a 7 1/4 plastic senko type bait. I saw a spot where I felt the 6 inch senko would get me a smallie and it did indeed produce this 3 lb-er.
But the mission was to get the Boss's kid a fish during this most reverant of fishing weeks - National Fishing Week! He got a number of the typical two pound bass - that was a relief. But the icing on the cake came in the early afternoon. Olivier's bass was dragging the scale on the Magnus net to 4.5. And by-the-way, Olivier's bass was taken on a 6 inch senko-type bait.
And we managed to even get the boss in on a fish or two. Gotta keep the boss smiling!
Special day for sure. Gotta get me some more jigs and find more bass re-fueling stations.
Does that mean Iwill finally get to go fishing?
kinda makes for a short weekend 
