Couple of weeks ago I put in around 3 pm at Mazie and trolled for a couple of hours. Put seven nice sandies in the live well and lost 3 or 4. While I was there I noticed 5 or 6 Amish or Mennonite party barges that were packed to the hilt with people and everyone was fishing. I asked one guy how things were going and he said they caught "over 500 yesterday, just trolling crank baits". He and his family were back again for more and while I know there are no limits on sand bass, I think that catching that many fish on a one day trip is nothing short of ridiculous. From the looks of the various groups it appeared that no one had recently missed any meals and I have a tendency to despise "game hogs".

Anyway, so I goes back out on Saturday and the water is rolling and it was high. Despite that I saw at least 40 boats and during the 2 hours that I spent on the water I saw one guy catch one small fish, north of the 421 bridge. The water of course was a mess with a lot of debris and my depth finder was very hard to read due to the muck and phuck that the river was carrying. It has been my experience that I cannot find reputable real time information on the Hudson to Gibson conditions but it's still a nice area to fish.

One other thing that surprised me, and it probably shouldn't have since I don't get out all that often is that the Chouteau Bend rec area is up and running and they're slowly cleaning out all of the mobile homes that were there. A few thousand dollars in dozer and track hoe work around the ramps would really help the place. You have to be very careful when trying to beach your boat around those landings due to the large rocks, rebar and all of the crap that is hidden beneath the water around the landings.