Well, the better half decided to do some 
kissing and asked if I wanted to take a day trip to go fishing on the Mississippi 
. This coming from a man who 1, is not in love with the River as I am, and 2, who is not fond of fishing (he is a computer geek) 
. So off we went, and boy, did we have some fun. First stop was to shore fish by Lock and Dam 8. Caught some killer blue gills and a few sheepshead (a guy we met there told us that if you put them on ice right away, they are good eating if fried right – is this true?). Then we moved on to Cold Springs where I had such good luck with the gills back in June – Not one fish to be had 
. Then we moved on to Gordons Bay. Had some better luck with fishing – a few nice gills and a really nice bass (which as released). Met a really nice guy willing to share the fishing pier and some of his secrets 
– even learned how to river rig. So all in all – it was an awesome day.
Was really impressed with how much the water went down.
Plan is to go back in 2 to 3 more weeks…….
August 9, 2004 at 5:55 pm
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