3-31-11

3-31-2011 Thr
7:30 PM- 8:10PM

Weather: Overcast, Calm , 47degrees, 29.69 falling

H2O: 11.69', rising, 125 kcfs, slightly dirty

Location: Mississippi R. Pool 7 (Behind house)

Caught: The crappies were biting real well tonight. I also caught a few small bluegills.

Partners: None

Comments

I wanted to get out beind the house a little sooner that I did, but the banks were full of other anglers wetting lines. When I did get down there only about four anglers remained. It did not take long to see they were not catching much. I figured I would not fare any better.
My first cast and the bobber had not even settled, when I got the tell tale sign of something tugging on the line below the surface. The first fish was a small gill. After several smallish gills the crappies became active. I must have caught twenty more in a very short time. The were still biting when daylight was to far gone to illuminate my bobber anymore.
Observations:
Still ice on the airport bay and still ice fisherman out punching holes through the last remaining sheets. The sheltered areas still have some snow cover. I also noticed some remnent ice along the shorline up Black Deer's Channel.