I did get out to Lake Minnetonka on Saturday this past weekend with fellow Gopher Bassmaster Dave Cindrich.  We were greeted with mostly cool air, wind and drizzling rain all day.  Spent a little time fishing some old areas and looked for some new stuff.

We only got one decent bite fishing deep, that was a 3lb fish on baby creature bait.  I also got tagged really hard on a 5″ Original Optimum swimbait in Sunfish color, but missed the fish.  I feel confident it was a bass, because there were no teeth marks in my bait.  We caught a lot of fish, mostly less then 2lbs.  I got one big bite, that being a 4lb fish swimming a 1/2oz Green Pumpkin/Brown Tru-Tungsten Jig around some shallow grass.  It was a little too wet to get the camera, so no pictures.  Now that I think of it, I should have weighed or measured her for the BP Bass Derby…..
For the most part the bite was spotty.  We also caught our fair share of northerns on swim jigs.  Now that I think of it, I should have weighed or measured her for the BP Bass Derby…..

We caught fish on many baits, jigs, swim jigs, soft plastics, crankbaits, jig worm…..   It would have been a decent day, I would have had around 14lbs for my best 5 fish.  Not the greatest on Tonka, but it could have been much worse.

I am headed out to practice some more this Saturday and then I also have our last club tournament of the year on Sunday, its our Gopher Bassmasters Fall Classic.  We just found out our partners and the lake today, as its a semi-mystery tournament.  We will be fishing Waconia, should be a great tournament, and some big bags caught.  I look forward to fishing big baits such as a 1/2oz Tru-Tungsten jig, maybe some 10″ worms and might mix in some swimbaits as well!!!

Check back next week for catch results!!

Rich
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