And here's the grim bucket shot...

Mr. Chunky

Another shot of one of those Shallow Water Point 'eyes.

Respectable: A couple of shallow water point waldos

I was casting a floating perch-colored rap at dusk proved when I ran into these characters.

Hesler's chunky smallmouth

Fooled by a preposterous chartreuse twister tail!

Fiddler

Caught below the Lowry Bridge

Another smallmouth from above the falls

Hesler's barge walleye

Caught at midday at the Port of Minneapolis, fishing a log jam and barge dock.

A super classy tackle box!

Channel cat

Hit a floating rap whilst I drifted and cast the shoreline, just downriver from Gabby's. Put up a good fight, aided by the light tackle.

Smallmouth from the Mississippi

A big bucket of crappies

All 10 to 12.5 inches, caught in Cass Lake two days ago. Already eaten.

Pumpkinseeds, bluegills

Mixed stringer caught in a certain petite Cass Co. lake, using bubble gum pink fake maggots that PK gave me. It was just a few days after ice out.