Baxter Bass Snatchers Mississippi River(Lum Park) July 31st

(Tournament Winner Dennis Lothspeich 18lbs) Conditions- Temps started in the high 60's and went up to the low 80's. Sun and light winds.I believe we blasted off around 10 to 7AM and my boater Paul and I headed upriver. On the way we got passed by 2 or 3 boats. Thankfully none of them were headed to our starting spot. Our starting spot was a fair sized backwater lake with clear water and

Bass Snatcher Mississippi Tournament Quick Report

It was not a good day for one of my favorite rods. Still I landed the 14" bass that broke my rod in two. The day sort of played out as expected for me, it was tough and every bite was at a premium. I only caught 3 bass all day, thankfully one of them was pretty good sized. I also caught 3 pike, a rock bass, and a dogfish. I missed a couple of other pike and possibly had a few other bass

Bass Snatcher Mississippi River(Lum Park) Pre-fish(Long)

We pre-fished on Wed July 27thI met my boater Paul at the Lum Park a little after 7AM. He showed a bit late and I took a few casts from the park beach. I did get a bite on the Crawtube, but I didn't hook into anything. Paul has the only Triton in the Baxter Bass Snatchers, almost all the other boats are Rangers.Anyway Paul said we would start off by taking a tour and we ran up river a long way

Bass Snatcher Mississippi(Lum Park) Preview

On Sunday from 7AM to 3PM my bass club the Baxter Bass Snatchers will be fishing our fourth tournament of the season on the Mississippi River out of Brainerd (Lum Park) from Rice Lake North. This tournament promises to be challenge for everyone. There will be 25 of us fishing this one, which means the lower placing finishers won't get very many points and the prospect of a skunk and 0 points is

Getting Ready For The River

A week from tomorrow my bass club the Baxter Bass Snatchers is having a club tournament on the Mississippi River from Brainerd North. In anticipation of getting to pre-fish I switched out my Le Homme Dieu tackle and put together stuff for the river. I'll write more on this one later, but this one promises to be tough with every keeper bass a precious commodity.For Pre-fish I plan to bring:

Annual Mississippi Trip w/Pete & Greg Jones of Mid-West Outdoors

July 30, 2010Pete is friends with Greg Jones who is an editor and sometime TV personality with Mid-West Outdoors Magazine and Mid-West Outdoors TV. This is the third year in a row where Pete and I went fishing with Greg to help him pre-fish for the St. Stephens Lions Smallmouth Tournament. Last year I got to go out two different times. Greg is an expert in navigating this particular stretch of