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Subject: Avenue of the Saints Lake, Iowa
Submitted by Iowabasser (ip 167.142.181.234)
Date Fished: 7/4/2005
Water Temperature: 77
Water Clarity: 1 foot I was really hoping that the 4th of July weekend would yield much better fishing that it did. Went to the Mississippi River (pool 9) and fished on Friday and Saturday. Caught two fish each day, none very big. Came back and fished Avenue of the Saints lake on Sunday for a few hours and caught a couple more, nothing to get excited about. Finally, on Monday I decided to try one last time. I fished Avenue of the Saints lake for a couple hours. I was texas rigging a creature bait and hooked a nice bullhead...not exactly what I was hoping for. But about five minutes later I hooked a fish that I thought was a catfish because of the way it was staying down. Turned out to be a 20 1/2 inch largemouth! Biggest one I've caught this year, and the biggest I've caught out of Avenue of the Saints lake. It probably would have gone about 4 1/2 to 5 pounds, but I don't know for sure because I didn't have a scale with me. She wasn't really fat but she wasn't skinny either. My friend and I both agree that that lake has some really nice fish just waiting to be caught. It can be tough fishing at times, and you'll never have a 50-fish day out there, but the fish you do catch have a bigger average than any other lake I've fished in Northeast Iowa. Just this year I've caught ten bass bigger than 17 inches out of there. That may not seem like a lot, but most other lakes I fish I don't catch more than two or three that big each year. The Mississippi has a lot of really nice bass, but my luck hasn't been good there this year. Anyway, if you get the chance to fish Avenue of the Saints lake, do it.
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