Seth Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 We met up around 7 and fished the Gasconade this morning. Things started off a bit slow, but we figured out what they wanted soon enough and things picked up. Mitch is a master with a crankbait and I enjoyed watching him go to work with them. I definitely learned a few things watching him today. We had several nice largemouth as well even though we weren't really targeting them. Not long in to fishing, I drifted in to a stump and busted one of the blades off my trolling motor prop, so we basically went on a glorified float trip instead of covering 20 miles of water like I had originally planned on, but we still caught plenty of fish. The best fish of the day was a 17" smallmouth that Mitch caught and we also had a couple largemouth about 2.5 pounds. I did have a big momma largemouth actually fly out of the water trying to eat my spinnerbait. It looked about like one of those great whites breaching for a seal! To top it off, we fished about 5 minutes too long and got caught in the crazy thunderstorm right as we arrived back at the ramp. There was another boat waiting to take out so I had to hang out in the river as I got blasted by big waves and torrential rain. The pucker factor was around an 8/10 for a little bit! Here's a few pics from the day. Mitch had another 2# largemouth that we didn't get a pic of and I had another 2-2.5# towards the end, but my GoPro had filled up the storage card and cut the video short. I had a blast and look forward to doing it again. Dances With Smallies, Daryk Campbell Sr, JestersHK and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smalliebigs Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Sweet!!!!!.... bummer on the Trolling motor blade....nice report. Mitch is one of the most generous dudes you will ever fish with a yes you're correct he is a crank master....he has shown me some things that I was never able to learn over my 47 years. Wow could Seth be joining the Stl5???....even though it's not the Stl5. ...more like 5 river fishing dorks willing to do anything for a 20 Mitch f and Seth 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch f Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Seth showed me a thing or two today as well! That storm was pretty bad! We hauled tail to the ramp to find a guy trailering his boat by himself! 2-3 ft white caps and trees breaking and falling on the other side of the ramp! Scary stuff but great memories! Thanks Seth! Daryk Campbell Sr, Seth, Smalliebigs and 1 other 4 "Honor is a man's gift to himself" Rob Roy McGregor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snagged in outlet 3 Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 What happened to the yellow shirt?? Seth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seth Posted July 18, 2016 Author Share Posted July 18, 2016 3 hours ago, snagged in outlet 3 said: What happened to the yellow shirt?? It was in the washer. Sorry to disappoint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snagged in outlet 3 Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 That's alright, fish pics make up for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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