Mississippi Lake Cottage Trip - With Pics
Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 4:26 pm
I lucked out this summer and got to go up to a cottage on mississippi lake for the first week of august. The fishing was pretty good for the most part. I couldn't seem to catch any bass over 2lbs and every bass i caught seemed to be 2lbs, weird.
I usually fished around weed patches with a worm or a yum lizard and they both seemed to produce well. I drifted a tube on the bottom in about 12-15 feet of water one day when it was pretty windy and that produced a lot of fish in the small amount of time we were out there.
I had my boat up and i tried to fish as many spots on the lake as i could but i found the fishing off the dock to be the best. There were always sunfish to catch there and bass and pike too.
Me and my girlfriend would pop on a worm and fish for sunfish off the dock with our 5'6" ultra lights and 4lb test. I found that to be a lot of fun and a good way to pass time. On tuesday tho i hooked on to a decent pike and i got it right below me at the dock before it laughed and tore through the 4lb test. So on thursday before a storm i was just throwing some worms out and getting some sunfish and the pike (who i assume lived near by) kept going in for the kill on my sunfish. So i yelled to the deck "get me my rapala rod with a white big o" sure enough on my first cast it the pike took a run, same thing on my second cast, then on my third cast after it took a run at my bait and i let it sit there for about 5 seconds and then it SMASHED the big o. Turned out to be a decent 4.5lb pike
Here are some of the 2lb fish
The catch of the week had to go to my girlfriend. I was up on the deck starting the bbq when i hear "ahhhh come help me!" My girlfriend has the best luck with fishing so i knew it was going to be big. I ran down, grabbed the net just as the fish got to the dock. It was a 3.5lb smallie and she caught it on the ultra light with 4lb test. I was happy for her but she got the big fish of the week so i was a little jealous too
I usually fished around weed patches with a worm or a yum lizard and they both seemed to produce well. I drifted a tube on the bottom in about 12-15 feet of water one day when it was pretty windy and that produced a lot of fish in the small amount of time we were out there.
I had my boat up and i tried to fish as many spots on the lake as i could but i found the fishing off the dock to be the best. There were always sunfish to catch there and bass and pike too.
Me and my girlfriend would pop on a worm and fish for sunfish off the dock with our 5'6" ultra lights and 4lb test. I found that to be a lot of fun and a good way to pass time. On tuesday tho i hooked on to a decent pike and i got it right below me at the dock before it laughed and tore through the 4lb test. So on thursday before a storm i was just throwing some worms out and getting some sunfish and the pike (who i assume lived near by) kept going in for the kill on my sunfish. So i yelled to the deck "get me my rapala rod with a white big o" sure enough on my first cast it the pike took a run, same thing on my second cast, then on my third cast after it took a run at my bait and i let it sit there for about 5 seconds and then it SMASHED the big o. Turned out to be a decent 4.5lb pike
Here are some of the 2lb fish
The catch of the week had to go to my girlfriend. I was up on the deck starting the bbq when i hear "ahhhh come help me!" My girlfriend has the best luck with fishing so i knew it was going to be big. I ran down, grabbed the net just as the fish got to the dock. It was a 3.5lb smallie and she caught it on the ultra light with 4lb test. I was happy for her but she got the big fish of the week so i was a little jealous too
......what a nice smallie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!