7-28-2009
Day 101-264 to go
7:30pm-9:00pm

Weather: NW10, Clear, 72°, 29.80 rising
Water conditions: 639.5’ rising, 16.9kcfs, 72 ° Algae bloom

Fish caught

1. Large Mouth Bass 18.5”, 7:38pm, Swim Jig
2. Large Mouth Bass 15.0”, 8:22pm, Ribbit Frog
3. Large Mouth Bass 15.0”, 8:35pm, Ribbit Frog

Area fished

Pool 7 Lake Onalaska

Fishing Partners

None

Comments

The night started out as one of those awesome fish catching nights. The second cast I caught my first fish. Then about two casts later I hooked into a very large and temperamental northern. When I hooked this fish it immediately swam straight at the boat; it was like a torpedo barring down on its target! When it did get to the boat it went down and hesitated on the bottom, then it made a bee line away from the boat. I put some pressure on the line to stop its departure, and then it happened. My line was cut. That was about my third swim jig in as many nights to northerns.

I did have an amusing moment with a gull. This bird was intrigued by my top water frog. Each cast I made it would hover over the bait and follow it back to the boat. This happened over and over again. Each time the gull got closer and closer to committing to snatching the frog. I actually got to the point where I wanted to hook it, just to see what it would be like to catch a bird. It finally decided my plastic frog was not dinner and flew the coop.