03/22/2025
Other than this time of year, I am a numbers guy. Give me 20 18 inchers a day and I am a happy camper. But, this time of year is big fish time. Ironically, it's also a great time of year for numbers. But number fishing is not big fish fishing - maybe so on the Fox, Oconto or Marinette but not the Mississippi. Sure, a guy can get lucky and stick a 10lber vertical jigging or dubuque rigging, but for the most part big fish are different and you gotta hunt them down. Today was 4 bites, and 4 nice fish. This 27 was around 8lbs with all the eggs, the 2 21 inchers and 20 incher weighed far more than they will a month from now. In another month things will be different, but for now it's time to find that 12lber.