day 192 10-27-09 Tue

Day 192-173 to go
10-27-2009 Tue
5:00 PM -6:30 PM

Weather: S5, clear, 49°, 29.83 steady

Water conditions: 6.2’, 46.1 kcfs, 47°, clear-lots of floating weeds

Fish caught

1. Sauger 11", 5:30 PM, Jig and Ring Worm
2. Sauger 11”, 6:15PM, Storm Thunder Crank TC06
3. Sauger 12", 6:17 PM, Storm Thunder Crank TC06

Area fished

Pool 8 – Dresbach Dam and down to Pettibone Park

Fishing Partners

None

Comments

I had been wanting to get below the Dresbach Dam for some walleye fishing and tonight was that night. I did learn a hard lesson on the interstate between work and the dam. In my boat I have a large cooler that is used as a seat and storage space. Well, I had stored lots of extra outerwear in this cooler. Approximately one mile from my destination I caught a glimpse of my rain jacket flying over the boat motor. I was unable to do a sudden stop, since I was on a busy interstate road. When I did get pulled over I discovered that the latches on the cooler had disengaged and the lid had popped open. As a result I lost lots of outerwear which included: gloves, hats, rain jacket and pants. I was really bummed!
Fishing was very difficult. With the influx high water and more current weeds are everywhere. It is close to impossible to fish up close to the dam without constantly fouling your bait in the floating salad bar. One thing I did learn is that if you go downstream a couple of miles the water column is ninety percent free of the pesky weeds.