Well, I got a handful of tournaments coming up on Pools 4 & 5, and I never really have fished them much, so this is the weekend where I start putting some time in.  I have two club tournaments on Aug 18 & 19 on Pool 4 one day and Pool 5 the other, then there is a Weekend Series tournament on Sept 9th out of Wabasha as well as a two day Weekend Series out of Wabasha in early October.

My club partner for Pool 4, Josh Douglas, and I took his Ranger out on Saturday morning and launched out of Colvill Park just south of Red Wing.  The second spot we stopped at, I caught two nice chunky largemouth on a mojo rigged super fluke in an Arkansas Shad color.  Josh also caught a keeper on a Baby Brush Hog.  We worked our way down Pepin and found some nice smallmouth on some rocks & grass.  We initially caught them on a Bone Pop-R and a Perch Sammy.  It was just good plain fun whacking some smallies in the 3lb + class on topwater
I also caught a nice one a Brovarney Swim Jig that was kind of green pumpkin with matching single tail grub trailer.
        
We hit a few more spots and around some marinas down further on Pepin, we caught some fish but mostly small.  It proved to be kind of a lull in the day.  We then turned around headed back up the lake.  We were able to catch a few fish working a Baby Fork Creature Watermelon/Red Flake on a mojo rig along the rocks.  I was also able to catch some really nice smallies and largemouth flipping a 3/8oz Watermelon/Brown Tru-Tungsten jig tipped with a green pumpkin candy Gamble Gambler B.B. Cricket on isolated structure in some areas.  All in all, we had a pretty solid day, we both would have had our limits, mine would have pushed 15lbs for my best 5.  Check back soon, should have a report from Sunday where I fished out of Wabasha and even dipped down to Pool 5.

Also, hats of to Peter T. on his second Bassmaster Memorial Win, it looks like he will be the only winner of that event as the majors are going away and he won the tournament last year. 
“He had numerous rods on his deck, and he picked up one with a modified version of a Carolina rig that Kenyon Hill had dubbed the “Petey rig” in his honor. It consists of a 1/8oz. Tru-Tungsten sinker above a Tru-Tungsten smart peg  placed 8 or 10 inches above the hook. He attached a super fluke and went to work.”

Funny enough, the “Petey Rig” sounds a lot like what I call a mojo rig……

Also, hats off to email subscriber #42