Setting an ESPN Fantasy Fishing Line-up for Mississippi River – Fort Madison | Rich Lindgren's Bass Fishing & Bassin' Blog

The Mississippi River is one of the great bass fisheries in this country, but this particular section (Fort Madison) I think is under a little bit of hard times from last year’s flooding. This time of year, fish should be really starting to gang up in pads and eel grass edges, but from the sounds of it, not much of it has grown back from last summer. So if you can find some good stretches, they could be loaded, but also very crowded. A strong wood flipping bite could play as well. Either way, its nice to see the Elites visit the upper midwest for a change, should be a very exciting tournament, they will catch plenty of fish. Look for Swimming Jigs to be a big player here.

I am making some fairly serious changes this week to try to make some big moves, Alton Jones had to go, he was just too safe.

Here are a few guys that I think would be solid fantasy fishing picks that are not on my team. Chris Lane, Tommy Biffle, Iaconelli and Jami Fralick. The breakdown on my team is as follows:
KVD – He catches them every where, probably have a solid spinnerbait pattern going.
Matt Herren – For the money probably on my roster until the bitter end, should have a solid finish, strong shallow water angler.
Skeet Reese – To good to cut loose, should catch plenty of bass slinging Lucky Crafts around rocks & wood.
Dean Rojas– Come on Kermit, don’t let me down. Hoping the bass will eat a frog even if there is no grass.
Bill Lowen– C’mon wood flipping bite, that is Lowen’s deal!

So here are my Fort Madison picks, two signifigant changes from KY Lake:

Rich’sRoster
Angler 1	Angler 2	Angler 3	Angler 4	Angler 5

Kevin VanDam Kalamazoo, MI	Skeet Reese Auburn, CA	Dean Rojas Lake Havasu City, AZ	Bill Lowen North Bend, OH	Matthew Herren Trussville, AL
MKT: $24.9 (+0.4) LKD: $24.5	MKT: $24.2 (+0.4) LKD: $23.8	MKT: $21.1 LKD: $21.1	MKT: $17.3 LKD: $17.3	MKT: $14.0 (+0.9) LKD: $13.1