Quick Trip Yesterday

[Blazerman]

I ran down to the river yesterday afternoon when I go off work with the intent to cut grass and grab a few thing for my lake trip next weekend.

Grass really didn’t need cutting so I decided to grab the things I needed and get some other stuff organized.

But then I got to looking at the river and it is beautiful right now. Low and clear and I decided fishing a little while might be a better idea. So I changed into my wading shorts and shoes and grabbed a rod and some stuff to fish with and headed down to the river.

I waded downstream to one of my favorite spots and started throwing some different things. Nothing was working at all until I went to a baby brush hog that I texas rigged with a sliding bullet weight.

Once I started using that it was bam, bam, bam, with one smallmouth after another. For the next hour I probably caught 15 out of the one hole. They weren’t huge 10” to 14’ but they sure are feisty.

Right as it was getting dark I got a solid hit and set the hook and right away thought this is probably my best fish so far. And then the line broke. After catching all those fish and scraping the line all over the place I should of retied but hadn’t. Especially since I was using 6lb line.

You would think I would of learned that lesson long before but guess not. Retie once in a while so you don’t lose a nice fish.

[MOsmallies]

Nice report... Glad you got into a few!

[Hog Wally]

It's so pretty right now.

[mic]

One nice thing about knowing the river is you know there are fish there. I never really know if it is a lack of fish or the bait I'm using.

[carptracker]

Fished the upper Meramec last Sunday (waded) and float/waded Sept. 6th. 4" senkos with a very small sliding bullet weight worked well both trips.