Sunday I was able to get up to Rush City with John Haynes to get a little practice on  East & West Rush Lakes for my upcoming club tournament.  We did not get a super early start, probably on the water a little after 8am.  We checked a few reed & dock areas early, not much water on them to speak of, but John did manage a single small keeper.

I then drove around East Rush and found what i thought looked to be a good looking inside turn in the outside weedline.  We caught 4 keeper bass from there and big pike, felt we did not need to catch anymore and left.  We then went froggin for a bit, had about 4 hits on my new Mad Maxx Frog, but they all just slapped at it or bumped, they would not commit.  We checked a few more deep areas, trying to duplicate our first area.  John got one bass and I went through a bunch of jig worm hooks, lost to pike.  After that, I went to check some more shallow stuff, did catch the nice 3.44lb bass pictured below on a Tru-Tungsten Jig.

Headless angler photo courtesy of John Haynes

We then spent an hour or two looking around West Rush.  I think I only caught one bass on a Super K bluegill colored swim jig, had a few frog hits, but more of the same short striking.

At the end of the day, we each caught 5 fish, with a few decent ones.  I think I at least got a starting point, after that it will be a scramble.  I am efforting to get to practice Knife lake on Friday night for a few hours before dark for the Sunday tournament.

Check back next week for results…  maybe a live Tweet from the no wake zone channel during the day…..

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