Early Bassin' informal get together - Pool 4/Lake Pepin

[BigMike]

Here is the info:

When: April 30th, meet at 8am & fish as long as you want!

Where: Meeting/Launching at the Wilcox Landing (free DNR launch) south of Wabasha (close to intersection of county rd 30 & county rd 24), located in the heart of the backwaters

Why: We already have about 3-4 boats going and decided to open it up to meet some more FM'ers

I was down there last Saturday with Sami0015 and the backwaters were in the upper 50's and main channel in the low/mid 50's. If it warms next week (like it says it's going to) the 30th will be primed for a hot bass spawn bite! There is bigger tourney being held that same weekend (KFAN/St.Jude) but I was out there last year during the tourney and the traffic wasn't that bad.

If you are interested in joining us - feel free to email me at the email address below and I'll shoot you more the details - although this pretty much sums it up.

As of right now we've got: Sami/BigMike, Hawgtide/Riverwader, Biglakeba$$/GiantJerkpot, Ebass/friend... We may through a $5 bigbass idea out there, we'll see when we get down there.

Who else is in? Oh yeah - let the trash talkin' begin...

[sami0115]

hey Mike

since we already have first place locked up what are we going to have for second place for the other guys

[HawgTide]

You guys can spend the first place money at Victoria Secret buying thongs!

[BigMike]

HT - Good idea - losers have to wear the thongs the winners buy!!! LOL!

[sami0115]

we already have the thongs... we just need some high-heels to go with them.

[sami0115]

Great idea Mike!

last place boat has to wear the thongs!! LOL LOL

[carlcmc]

Thinking about it. I have never fished the backwaters there. Do you have to worry about hitting underwater stumps and what does one need to be aware of if if you go out? I have a 20' pontoon boat that I take my kids on to fish off. Just installed a new 70lb thrust minkota trolling motor on. Would you put in at the ramp at the end of t-341 or the one a bit further south? Never launched at any of these locations and just don't want to make a mistake this early in the season! :0

[HawgTide]

After the fishing, we play 18 holes and the losers have to wear the thongs (previously worn by the fishing losers).

Now whose up for it???

[sami0115]

sounds fine... i'll bring my clubs too

how many strokes are you going to need?

[sami0115]

so who all is planning on going?

[HawgTide]

What's your handicap? And don't say BigMike...

[sami0115]

do you mean what it actually is or what i play to

about 4 or 5, it is currently 4 but trending to 5

[BigMike]

Hey just because I live on a golf course doesn't mean that I can play... Let's just stick to bassin' and then i won't have anything to worry about!

Anyone else interested in joining us on April 30th on Pool 4 for some early bassin' with fellow FM'ers...?

[ikeslayer]

i think i am in. I would be willing to do the biggest bass thing too. Maybe a time to sit around and shoot the dump should be planned to so we can hear about the one that got away and see what everyone is using. thanks for things like this fellas.

[HawgTide]

Dang Sami, You sound like my long lost twin. That about where I "was". I say that because I quit golf cold turkey to fish. I won my club championship in late summer of 2003 and have only golfed 2 times since then. It's all or nothing for me. I plan to get back into golfing again this year, but I'm so obsessed with fishing now. How in the world does one have two major obsessions?

[BigMike]

Carl - I don't know about a pontoon boat - may be a little too big for the backwaters... Probably ok out on the main river - but may sit too low to make it safely into the backwaters. We'd love to have you join us, just don't want you to mess your boat up...

Ike - come on down. We'll probably shoot the breeze for while in the afternoon (probably set a time up to all meet back at the launch and share stories/bass) and maybe head out again for those who are planning on staying for a while.

[sami0115]

its really tough. usually i golf on wed. and sun. and fish on thurs eve and sat.

or if my golf game is for dump then i go fishing for a while to relax.

[HawgTide]

Sami, sounds like you have an accomodating wife and family. I usually fish a couple of nights a week and then Saturday and Sunday Mornings. Golf and Fishing are so time consuming.

I need to hit the lottery so I can quit work and spend my time the right way.

[HawgTide]

As far as I know,

You and BigMike

BigLakeBa$$ and Giant Jackpot

Riverwader and Myself

EBass and Rob

Who else am I missing?

[sami0115]

fortunately i have an EX-wife and a dog that likes to go fishing with me

and a 7 year old daughter that shares time with her mother and father. i get my personal time when she is with her mother.

[ikeslayer]

So if the weather stays cool like this how will that change all of your presentations and lure selections for Sat.??? Just a curious mind.

[HawgTide]

If it stays too cool, my presentation will be from my couch.

I'm not sure of the water temps and what stage the bass are in down there. I've never been there before. I'll probably pitch jig and pigs and maybe try swimming them. Try to find out how aggressive and active they are. Mix it up until I can find a pattern.

[BigMike]

Not much - it looks like it's going to be upper 50's - 60 degrees and sunny/partly sunny for Thur, Fri, Sat. and should push temps back into the mid-50's (hopefully higher). I'll probably be sticking to the jig'n pig, flippin' tube (brush hawg), & buzzbait... If we head out to search for smallies - I'll definitely have a tube & suspending jerkbait tied on! The smallies topped the scales last weekend for the FOM tourney - near 20lbs for a 5 fish bag! Big fish was a 4.94lber! WOW!

[ikeslayer]

What is the FOM tourney and is their a HSOforum. talk to me. ike

[BigMike]

Ike - FOM stands for fishers of men... it's a pretty big bass league. There is a HSOforum, but I can't post it on here. I would just try to look it up on the internet... They just had their tourney down on Pool 4 & 5. Top teams all weighed in smallies.