5-17-2011

5-17-2011 Tues
5:30 PM- 10:45 PM

Weather: E 7, clear, 64˚, 29.94 MB, steady

H2O: 9.48’, falling, 85.8 KCFS, clear, 60 ˚

Location: Mississippi R. Pool 7 and Lower Black river

Caught: Approximately 10 bluegills and two channel cats

Partners: Jake V.

Comments

Jake is moving up near Hayward this weekend, and I wanted to get out cat fishing with him one more time. I figured it was too early for flatheads, but I thought we could get a channel cat or two.
I met Jake when I was working in Holmen and he was a new hire; he is a good guy and I will miss him. I still chuckle about the time he came to help me out at a rural customers premise. The customer had a rooster (Clem) running loose and he had warned me that Clem could get a little ornery. Old Clem kept pretty close tabs on me and I never turned my back on the old fart as I worked.
Well Jake shows up to help, and of course I did not fore warn him about Clem. When Jake went back to the truck for tools, Clem sprang into action. He ran up to Jake and tried to spur him in the back of the legs as Jake was walking away. Jake did quite a dance to get away from the unwanted attack. I was just rolling on the ground. It was one of the funniest moments I have had on the job.
As far as fishing goes, it was okay. Jake caught two medium size channel cats and I missed two hits. I was glad he was able to catch a fish during what may be his last time catting.

Observations
The water is still quite high and flowing pretty fast. Bluegills were not the easiest to come by, but we did get a few nice ones.