I ended up camping (with a tent) at the Mississippi Palisades (very nice campground) and launching out of Lazy River Marina area across the street from the Palisades. The water is low and it was odd to see the dying Lilly pads with stalks stinking a foot or more out of the water when the leaf is usually flat on the top of the water. Monday was very rough and the waves on the Miss were as high as 3-4 feet. Sat and Sun were great and I caught about everything (Nothing huge in size) 1 flathead cat, 2 channel cats, 1 walleye, 2 largemouth bass, 3 smallmouth bass, 1 drum, 1 carp. I will have the throw away camera put on the CD so I can post some pictures. Saw deer and eagles. That area is very nice. The only real problem was finding minnows to buy as many places were out by Monday and the bite was on minnows. All an all, lucked out on the weather and had a great timeā¦just too short.