6-29-2011 Wed
6:30 PM- 11:45 PM
Weather: S 14, clear, 83 ˚, 29.98 MB, falling
H2O: clear, 72 ˚, 9.49’ falling, 85.8 kcfs
Location: Mississippi R. Pool 7 – Lake Onalaska (upper end)
Caught: Plenty of bluegills and perch for bait and one five pound flat head
Partners: Scot
Comments
Scot and I had no problem catching bait tonight. We went right back out to the slop just out from the cut. This is the spot I had left off at on Monday.
The first spot we set up on was flat head alley. It should be obvious by the name that it is usually a very good spot. However tonight it was not, the flow was just too high and fast to allow us to effectively fish this spot. I think after about a half hour we both came to the same conclusion it was time to move.
Spot number two was just down from a spot that I call popcorn. I had never fished here before, but it looked good and it was fairly sheltered from the current. We caught the one flat head here and also missed several other bites. The bites and the fish we did catch were not bone shattering bites, so I think the fish were quite negative.
Observations
The high water is making fishing difficult. The flat head I did catch had its head rubbed raw. This is a definite sign of nest building and spawning. I am thinking the flathead fishing is going to be very slow for the next couple of weeks.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
6-27-11
6-27-2011 Mon
6:00 PM- 10:15 PM
Weather: W 12, clear, 74 ˚, 29.84 MB, rising
H2O: dirty, 68 ˚, 9.6’ rising, 87.2 kcfs
Location: Mississippi R. Pool 7 – Lake Onalaska (upper end)
Caught: Plenty of bluegills and perch for bait and two fifteen inch largemouth bass
Partners: none
Comments
Tonight I was off flathead fishing by myself. I was quite nervous about being able to catch a sufficient amount of pan fish for bait. The first hour I was quite stressed. I caught about two small bluegills and two perch, but they came with great difficulty. I have not been pan fishing for a while so I was pretty clueless as to where to find them, and the wind and the muddy water was another contributing factor adding to the difficulty. The last half hour of bait catching I stumbled on them. I was fishing just out from the landing cut in the pads.
With the high water and associated current my options for spots was very limited. I picked a small slough off of a main slough that had a somewhat reduced flow of water. After forty-five minutes and no bites I pulled the plug on this spot and the night of fishing.
Observations
The high water is making fishing rather difficult. The night sky on the ride in from fishing is filled with millions of winged insects, I expect a rather large may fly hatch within the next week.
6:00 PM- 10:15 PM
Weather: W 12, clear, 74 ˚, 29.84 MB, rising
H2O: dirty, 68 ˚, 9.6’ rising, 87.2 kcfs
Location: Mississippi R. Pool 7 – Lake Onalaska (upper end)
Caught: Plenty of bluegills and perch for bait and two fifteen inch largemouth bass
Partners: none
Comments
Tonight I was off flathead fishing by myself. I was quite nervous about being able to catch a sufficient amount of pan fish for bait. The first hour I was quite stressed. I caught about two small bluegills and two perch, but they came with great difficulty. I have not been pan fishing for a while so I was pretty clueless as to where to find them, and the wind and the muddy water was another contributing factor adding to the difficulty. The last half hour of bait catching I stumbled on them. I was fishing just out from the landing cut in the pads.
With the high water and associated current my options for spots was very limited. I picked a small slough off of a main slough that had a somewhat reduced flow of water. After forty-five minutes and no bites I pulled the plug on this spot and the night of fishing.
Observations
The high water is making fishing rather difficult. The night sky on the ride in from fishing is filled with millions of winged insects, I expect a rather large may fly hatch within the next week.
Sunday, June 26, 2011
6-25-2011 Sat
6:00 PM- 8:50 PM
Weather: calm, overcast with light rain, 69 ˚, 29.92 MB, steady
H2O: muddy, 68 ˚, 9.19’ rising, 82.4 kcfs
Location: Mississippi R. Pool 7 – Lake Onalaska (upper end)
Caught: eleven largemouth bass between 15 and 17 inchers
Partners: none
Comments
The only consistent spot I caught bass tonight was one very small weed point where they were the other night. It only took me about one half hour of fishless angling to hit this spot. After pulling up to the spot and missing three fish on a swim jig, I thought the fish were done biting. I then pull out a pre-rigged Senko and pitched to the sweet spot. The Senko was immediately engulfed and the first of nine nice bass made it to the boat.
I almost felt guilty catching these fish so easily, and I was definitely afraid I would be discovered. I was constantly looking around to make sure nobody was watching. The real amazing part of it was I was very close to the landing and many fisherman pass this spot each and every day and never give it a thought to fish it!
After I fished that spot out and caught nothing in adjacent areas it was time to do some exploring. I am a firm believer in always, always looking for new spots. I went to the sand flats area of the lake where Sommners Chute dumps into the lake. I did not find a lot of fish, but towards the end of the night I did find two nice bass on a downstream end of two sloughs the came together onto a nice weed flat. Both fish were caught on a swim jig and nothing showed any interest in the Senko.
Observations
The water is still very high and muddy. Fish are biting and I do think it will improve as the water clarity returns regardless of the high water. I talked to the neighbor tonight and he was in a bass tournament on the lake yesterday and he had a weight of 19 pounds with five fish and his son had a weight of 15 pounds!
6:00 PM- 8:50 PM
Weather: calm, overcast with light rain, 69 ˚, 29.92 MB, steady
H2O: muddy, 68 ˚, 9.19’ rising, 82.4 kcfs
Location: Mississippi R. Pool 7 – Lake Onalaska (upper end)
Caught: eleven largemouth bass between 15 and 17 inchers
Partners: none
Comments
The only consistent spot I caught bass tonight was one very small weed point where they were the other night. It only took me about one half hour of fishless angling to hit this spot. After pulling up to the spot and missing three fish on a swim jig, I thought the fish were done biting. I then pull out a pre-rigged Senko and pitched to the sweet spot. The Senko was immediately engulfed and the first of nine nice bass made it to the boat.
I almost felt guilty catching these fish so easily, and I was definitely afraid I would be discovered. I was constantly looking around to make sure nobody was watching. The real amazing part of it was I was very close to the landing and many fisherman pass this spot each and every day and never give it a thought to fish it!
After I fished that spot out and caught nothing in adjacent areas it was time to do some exploring. I am a firm believer in always, always looking for new spots. I went to the sand flats area of the lake where Sommners Chute dumps into the lake. I did not find a lot of fish, but towards the end of the night I did find two nice bass on a downstream end of two sloughs the came together onto a nice weed flat. Both fish were caught on a swim jig and nothing showed any interest in the Senko.
Observations
The water is still very high and muddy. Fish are biting and I do think it will improve as the water clarity returns regardless of the high water. I talked to the neighbor tonight and he was in a bass tournament on the lake yesterday and he had a weight of 19 pounds with five fish and his son had a weight of 15 pounds!
Thursday, June 23, 2011
6-23-11
6-23-2011 Thr
6:30 PM- 8:30 PM
Weather: N 14, overcast with light rain, 59 ˚, 29.71 MB, rising
Moon: Major 1813 – 2013
H2O: muddy, 64 ˚, 8.41’ rising, 75.7 kcfs
Location: Mississippi R. Pool 7 – Lake Onalaska (upper end)
Caught: Six largemouth bass 18, 17, 2-16, 2 -10 inchers, and one 28 inch pike
Partners: none
Comments
What should a person do when the water is muddy, high and its temperature has dropped down to 64 degrees in the middle of June? Well go fishing of course! Actually I was pretty reluctant to go, but that little fishing demon in the back of my mind was pushing pretty hard.
On one hand I was thinking why go fishing, but on the other hand my previous experience with fishing every day for a whole year was telling me that there was a good chance something good would happen. And indeed it was a good evening. I would not say it was fantastic, but it was pretty darn good. For some reason I do pretty good largemouth bass and pike fishing after a cold front. We definitely had one today, the average high is around eighty-three and we struggled to hit sixty. As if the water temperature was not enough, I also had to deal with very muddy water.
I took the advice of the musky guide I recently fished with: his advice is hit the heavy cover after a major cold front moves in. It definitely was the ticket for the bass. The bait of choice was probably a little unconventional for the muddy water. Most fishermen would more than likely use noisy type baits, such as a spinner bait or rattletrap. The cover was too thick for the trap, but I was able to throw large and noisy spinner bait. I never caught a fish on it.
I pulled out one of my favorite baits from two years ago: a swim bait in a june bug color. It was definitely the bait the bass wanted. I caught the six bass and the pike, but I easily lost double the number of bass that I landed on this swim jig. I was having a very hard time with the hook set. The bites were pretty subtle and I think I was just too slow and weak on the hook set!
Observations
It is cold, the water is muddy, but the fish are biting. I am excited! There is quite a good crop of wild rice coming up, but I fear the high muddy water and the cool temperatures will do it in. Last year before the rains and high water came we had a lot of rice, but by the end of summer very little of it had survived.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
6-19-2011
6-19-2011 Sun
6:00 PM- 11:00 PM
Weather: E 6, overcast, 73 ˚, 29.75 MB, steady
H2O: murky, 72 ˚, 7.81’ rising, 71 kcfs
Location: Mississippi R. Pool 7
Caught: Approximately six rock bass, one perch and two bluegills for bait, and one five pound flat head
Partners: Myself
Comments
I knew the water would be going up and I wanted to get out before it got ugly (lots of current and very dirty). Surprisingly I did very well catching bait tonight, and the species that made up the majority of the bait were rock bass. These fish are the holy grail of flat head bait if you were to ask most flat head fisherman. They stay alive well, are active on the hook and the flats seems to hammer them.
I tried two spots tonight. The first was a very speculative spot; it was close to the main channel with quite a bit of current. I was not feeling confident in this spot and after an hour of nothing I decided it was a dead spot and my intuition was right.
The next spot was a back slough area with good flow and plenty of wood. This spot produced the one fish even before I had all the baits out.
Observations
The water is starting to rise and is getting muddy; I think we are in for a couple of rough weeks of fishing. I can only hope that this summer does not come close to the nasty fishing summer we had last year with all the high water.
6:00 PM- 11:00 PM
Weather: E 6, overcast, 73 ˚, 29.75 MB, steady
H2O: murky, 72 ˚, 7.81’ rising, 71 kcfs
Location: Mississippi R. Pool 7
Caught: Approximately six rock bass, one perch and two bluegills for bait, and one five pound flat head
Partners: Myself
Comments
I knew the water would be going up and I wanted to get out before it got ugly (lots of current and very dirty). Surprisingly I did very well catching bait tonight, and the species that made up the majority of the bait were rock bass. These fish are the holy grail of flat head bait if you were to ask most flat head fisherman. They stay alive well, are active on the hook and the flats seems to hammer them.
I tried two spots tonight. The first was a very speculative spot; it was close to the main channel with quite a bit of current. I was not feeling confident in this spot and after an hour of nothing I decided it was a dead spot and my intuition was right.
The next spot was a back slough area with good flow and plenty of wood. This spot produced the one fish even before I had all the baits out.
Observations
The water is starting to rise and is getting muddy; I think we are in for a couple of rough weeks of fishing. I can only hope that this summer does not come close to the nasty fishing summer we had last year with all the high water.
6-18-2011
6-18-2011 Sat
4:00 PM- 8:30 PM
Weather: NE 15, overcast, 72 ˚
H2O: clear, 72 ˚, 36.4’ falling, .812 kcfs
Location: Black River, Black River Falls, WI
Caught: Nothing
Partners: Myself
Comments
I put in at the airport landing and headed upstream as far as I could towards the dam. The water level was probably one foot lower than when I was here last time, this prevented me from making it up to the dam. The water was very clear and it definitely would have made it easy to spot any fish that was following my bait. Unfortunately I did not have any follows. I did have one lack luster hit by a twenty some inch fish, but I never got a hook into it. The fish revealed itself to a Cisco Kid top water bait.
Observations
The fishing was very slow, I only saw one little smallmouth bass chasing my lure. My theory is the muskies are up close to the dam early in the season chasing spawning bass and walleye and then when these fish are done spawning, they along with the muskies head downstream to better habitat. With the water level somewhat low right now the area between the airport landing and the dam does not have much for good looking fish holding water. Most of it is quite shallow and very rocky with very few deep holes!
4:00 PM- 8:30 PM
Weather: NE 15, overcast, 72 ˚
H2O: clear, 72 ˚, 36.4’ falling, .812 kcfs
Location: Black River, Black River Falls, WI
Caught: Nothing
Partners: Myself
Comments
I put in at the airport landing and headed upstream as far as I could towards the dam. The water level was probably one foot lower than when I was here last time, this prevented me from making it up to the dam. The water was very clear and it definitely would have made it easy to spot any fish that was following my bait. Unfortunately I did not have any follows. I did have one lack luster hit by a twenty some inch fish, but I never got a hook into it. The fish revealed itself to a Cisco Kid top water bait.
Observations
The fishing was very slow, I only saw one little smallmouth bass chasing my lure. My theory is the muskies are up close to the dam early in the season chasing spawning bass and walleye and then when these fish are done spawning, they along with the muskies head downstream to better habitat. With the water level somewhat low right now the area between the airport landing and the dam does not have much for good looking fish holding water. Most of it is quite shallow and very rocky with very few deep holes!
6-17-2011
6-17-2011 Fri
6:30 PM- 1:00 AM
Weather: S 10, clear, 72 ˚
H2O: clear, 72 ˚, 7.5’ falling, 68.1 kcfs
Location: Mississippi River pool 7 back sloughs
Caught: Numerous pan fish for bait, two small flat heads, three medium channel cats and one dogfish
Partners: Ryan and Scott
Comments
The bait gathering in the channel behind the house has basically come to an end, so tonight we looked to the man- made islands for our bait. We caught plenty of bait, but it was by no means a slam dunk. One island held fish in on the back side in the slack water and then the far south island held fish on the front side.
Observations
The mosquito population is over loaded. The channel catfish are very dark grey right now, which is an indicator that they are spawning. The flat heads do not yet have the tell-tale abrasions on the head and tail that would indicate that they are spawning.
6:30 PM- 1:00 AM
Weather: S 10, clear, 72 ˚
H2O: clear, 72 ˚, 7.5’ falling, 68.1 kcfs
Location: Mississippi River pool 7 back sloughs
Caught: Numerous pan fish for bait, two small flat heads, three medium channel cats and one dogfish
Partners: Ryan and Scott
Comments
The bait gathering in the channel behind the house has basically come to an end, so tonight we looked to the man- made islands for our bait. We caught plenty of bait, but it was by no means a slam dunk. One island held fish in on the back side in the slack water and then the far south island held fish on the front side.
Observations
The mosquito population is over loaded. The channel catfish are very dark grey right now, which is an indicator that they are spawning. The flat heads do not yet have the tell-tale abrasions on the head and tail that would indicate that they are spawning.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
6-13-11
6-13-2011 Mon
7:30 PM- 11:30 PM
Weather: SE 10 G 20, clear, 70 ˚, 30.03 rising
H2O: clear, 72 ˚, 8.07’ rising, 73.1 kcfs
Location: Mississippi River pool 7 back sloughs
Caught: Six pan fish which consisted of three bluegills, two crappies and one perch and a ten and sixteen pound flathead
Partners: myself
Comments
Bait catching was very trying. I felt fortunate to have caught the six fish I did. The wind made it difficult to control the boat and the water was muddy from the wave action.
I started out fishing flat head alley and caught two within a half hour of setting up. Then I moved to another side channel area with a fairly large and deep scour hole. I came up empty handed here; I think this spot was lacking the wood cover that flatheads seek out this time of year.
Observations
It seems as if the bluegill spawn is over.
7:30 PM- 11:30 PM
Weather: SE 10 G 20, clear, 70 ˚, 30.03 rising
H2O: clear, 72 ˚, 8.07’ rising, 73.1 kcfs
Location: Mississippi River pool 7 back sloughs
Caught: Six pan fish which consisted of three bluegills, two crappies and one perch and a ten and sixteen pound flathead
Partners: myself
Comments
Bait catching was very trying. I felt fortunate to have caught the six fish I did. The wind made it difficult to control the boat and the water was muddy from the wave action.
I started out fishing flat head alley and caught two within a half hour of setting up. Then I moved to another side channel area with a fairly large and deep scour hole. I came up empty handed here; I think this spot was lacking the wood cover that flatheads seek out this time of year.
Observations
It seems as if the bluegill spawn is over.
6-12-11
6-12-2011 Sun
10:00 AM- 3:30 PM
Weather: Variable 5, clear, 70 ˚, 30.13 falling
H2O: clear, 72 ˚
Location: Casey Lake and Mathews Lake
Caught: a few small largemouth bass and a few small pike
Partners: myself and Scott
Comments
The musky trip was over and I wanted to do some exploring on the way. The first lake I picked was Casey Lake. My North woods fishing guide book had described this lake as a good lake for both numbers and size of largemouth bass and pike. Well it held neither on this day. I was not overly impressed with the lake; it did have quite a bit of aquatic growth, but not a lot of varied structure. It was very clear and I noticed a distinct lack of bait fish.
The next lake was fishier looking. It had good weeds, with quite a bit of depth and two submerged humps in the middle. Bait fish were more numerous and the water clarity was excellent. It was supposed to have muskies, bass, pike, bass and walleyes. It looked good, but it only produced a couple of hammer handle pike.
Observations
We were fishing about one hour south of Superior and the season appears to be about two weeks further advanced here versus Superior.
10:00 AM- 3:30 PM
Weather: Variable 5, clear, 70 ˚, 30.13 falling
H2O: clear, 72 ˚
Location: Casey Lake and Mathews Lake
Caught: a few small largemouth bass and a few small pike
Partners: myself and Scott
Comments
The musky trip was over and I wanted to do some exploring on the way. The first lake I picked was Casey Lake. My North woods fishing guide book had described this lake as a good lake for both numbers and size of largemouth bass and pike. Well it held neither on this day. I was not overly impressed with the lake; it did have quite a bit of aquatic growth, but not a lot of varied structure. It was very clear and I noticed a distinct lack of bait fish.
The next lake was fishier looking. It had good weeds, with quite a bit of depth and two submerged humps in the middle. Bait fish were more numerous and the water clarity was excellent. It was supposed to have muskies, bass, pike, bass and walleyes. It looked good, but it only produced a couple of hammer handle pike.
Observations
We were fishing about one hour south of Superior and the season appears to be about two weeks further advanced here versus Superior.
6-11-11
6-11-2011 Sat
8:00 AM- 4:30 PM
Weather: N 3 to SE 7, mostly cloudy, with some sun, 54 - 62˚, 30.03 falling to steady
H2O: clear, 69 ˚
Location: St. Louis River, Superior, Wisconsin
Caught: I caught three small pike and Tanner had one small musky follow his bait
Partners: Tanner (guide), myself and Scott
Comments
After a very enjoyable meal of north woods largemouth bass cooked over a charcoal grill, and some needed sleep, we were ready to hit a supposed premier Wisconsin musky water. We were guided today by Tanner Wildes. Tanner is a Hayward area guide who mostly works the Chip, but he also likes to fish and guide on the St. Louis.
The weather conditions were not ideal; several days earlier we had high ninety degrees days and today we were looking at highs in the mid - sixties.
The musky fishing down right sucked! The only action we had was the one follow that Tanner had and the few small pike I caught. I could tell Scott was rather disappointed by Tanner. After we were done fishing Scott told me Tanner spent a lot of the day fishing and talking and texting on the phone. Tanner also had us throw the same baits pretty much all day, and we re-fished water that we had already fished. The last spot we fished he said it was his best spot that he was saving for last. It seems that if it was such a good spot we should have hit it in the morning and the afternoon!
The St. Louis is a big and varied body of water with lots of different structure. I do plan to come back and musky fish here on my without a guide. I hate to say it but I do not think I will be booking Tanner again!
Observations
The city of Superior appears to be about two to three weeks behind La Crosse season wise. I noticed apple trees and lilac bushes were still blooming. One bizarre sight we did see was a red fox carrying something in its mouth right down the sidewalk in the city of Superior.
8:00 AM- 4:30 PM
Weather: N 3 to SE 7, mostly cloudy, with some sun, 54 - 62˚, 30.03 falling to steady
H2O: clear, 69 ˚
Location: St. Louis River, Superior, Wisconsin
Caught: I caught three small pike and Tanner had one small musky follow his bait
Partners: Tanner (guide), myself and Scott
Comments
After a very enjoyable meal of north woods largemouth bass cooked over a charcoal grill, and some needed sleep, we were ready to hit a supposed premier Wisconsin musky water. We were guided today by Tanner Wildes. Tanner is a Hayward area guide who mostly works the Chip, but he also likes to fish and guide on the St. Louis.
The weather conditions were not ideal; several days earlier we had high ninety degrees days and today we were looking at highs in the mid - sixties.
The musky fishing down right sucked! The only action we had was the one follow that Tanner had and the few small pike I caught. I could tell Scott was rather disappointed by Tanner. After we were done fishing Scott told me Tanner spent a lot of the day fishing and talking and texting on the phone. Tanner also had us throw the same baits pretty much all day, and we re-fished water that we had already fished. The last spot we fished he said it was his best spot that he was saving for last. It seems that if it was such a good spot we should have hit it in the morning and the afternoon!
The St. Louis is a big and varied body of water with lots of different structure. I do plan to come back and musky fish here on my without a guide. I hate to say it but I do not think I will be booking Tanner again!
Observations
The city of Superior appears to be about two to three weeks behind La Crosse season wise. I noticed apple trees and lilac bushes were still blooming. One bizarre sight we did see was a red fox carrying something in its mouth right down the sidewalk in the city of Superior.
6-10-11
6-10-2011 Fri
2:00 PM- 7:30 PM
Weather: N 10, overcast, 54˚, 30.03 falling
H2O: clear
Location: Spooner lake (2 PM – 430 PM), Shell Lake (5:30 PM – 7:30PM)
Caught: Approximately twelve LMB (with six being of legal size), one Small Mouth bass and several small pike.
Partners: Scott
Comments
Scott and I headed up north to the cabin to do some musky fishing this weekend. I had told Scott we would stop at a couple of lakes to on the way to catch supper, my plan was to catch a couple of bass for supper.
The weather was not ideal: it was overcast and cold. The prior couple of days we had some very warm temperatures with the hottest day reaching one hundred! Our first stop was Spooner Lake, with the main goal of catching a couple decent size largemouth bass which were to become the main entrée for our supper.
Spooner did live up to its reputation of being a premier bass lake. In a very short order we had two bass swimming in the live well. We fished Spooner for a couple of hours, before packing the bags and doing exploratory fishing on a new body of water,
The second lake on the list was Shell Lake. It was not a far road trip to Shell, but finding a landing was rather difficult. The only landing that did exist was the one right in the middle of town. My old map had showed about a half dozen landings on the lake, but we found out the hard way that all the small landings had been shuttered.
The only landing available was the city landing. We were charged five bucks and had our equipment inspected by the attendant in order to use the facilities. This lake is a large very clear body with very little structure. The fishing pressure was quite light, but I think we could attribute that to the nasty weather.
The only fish caught were several small pike and one fourteen inch smallmouth bass.
Observations
The azaleas are in full bloom and the mosquitoes are terrible.
2:00 PM- 7:30 PM
Weather: N 10, overcast, 54˚, 30.03 falling
H2O: clear
Location: Spooner lake (2 PM – 430 PM), Shell Lake (5:30 PM – 7:30PM)
Caught: Approximately twelve LMB (with six being of legal size), one Small Mouth bass and several small pike.
Partners: Scott
Comments
Scott and I headed up north to the cabin to do some musky fishing this weekend. I had told Scott we would stop at a couple of lakes to on the way to catch supper, my plan was to catch a couple of bass for supper.
The weather was not ideal: it was overcast and cold. The prior couple of days we had some very warm temperatures with the hottest day reaching one hundred! Our first stop was Spooner Lake, with the main goal of catching a couple decent size largemouth bass which were to become the main entrée for our supper.
Spooner did live up to its reputation of being a premier bass lake. In a very short order we had two bass swimming in the live well. We fished Spooner for a couple of hours, before packing the bags and doing exploratory fishing on a new body of water,
The second lake on the list was Shell Lake. It was not a far road trip to Shell, but finding a landing was rather difficult. The only landing that did exist was the one right in the middle of town. My old map had showed about a half dozen landings on the lake, but we found out the hard way that all the small landings had been shuttered.
The only landing available was the city landing. We were charged five bucks and had our equipment inspected by the attendant in order to use the facilities. This lake is a large very clear body with very little structure. The fishing pressure was quite light, but I think we could attribute that to the nasty weather.
The only fish caught were several small pike and one fourteen inch smallmouth bass.
Observations
The azaleas are in full bloom and the mosquitoes are terrible.
Sunday, June 12, 2011
6-8-11
6-8-2011 Wed
7:00 PM- 12:00 AM
Weather: 80˚, clear, SW 13
H2O: 9.17’ falling 82.22 KCFS, 74 ˚, clear
Location: Mississippi R.
Caught: Lots of bluegills for bait, Scott got one 37lb flathead and I caught one 5lb flathead
Partners: Scott
Comments
Scott was the cat king today, he caught a very large 37lb flathead. The bait catching was fairly consistent, with some of the bluegills having their spawning colors on. I managed to peck out one little five pounder and quite a few of the bluegills.
The river flow is still quite high, which made find acceptable spots to fish very difficult. We may have had a couple of other hits, but the action was very amebic.
Observations
The azaleas are in full bloom and the mosquitoes are terrible.
7:00 PM- 12:00 AM
Weather: 80˚, clear, SW 13
H2O: 9.17’ falling 82.22 KCFS, 74 ˚, clear
Location: Mississippi R.
Caught: Lots of bluegills for bait, Scott got one 37lb flathead and I caught one 5lb flathead
Partners: Scott
Comments
Scott was the cat king today, he caught a very large 37lb flathead. The bait catching was fairly consistent, with some of the bluegills having their spawning colors on. I managed to peck out one little five pounder and quite a few of the bluegills.
The river flow is still quite high, which made find acceptable spots to fish very difficult. We may have had a couple of other hits, but the action was very amebic.
Observations
The azaleas are in full bloom and the mosquitoes are terrible.
6-6-2011
6-6-2011 Mon
5:30 PM- 8:00 PM
Weather: 95˚, clear, S 5, (hot and humid)
H2O: 9.37’ falling 84.5 kchs.2 KCFS, 77-84 ˚, dirty
Location: Mississippi R. (Lake Onalaska)
Caught: One ten inch largemouth bass
Partners: myself
Comments
The fishing was very poor. I had hoped to find some pike in the emerging weeds on the eastern shore, but I found none. In a short time period I tried numerous go to spots on the lake: dredge holes, airport bay, rock islands, Sommners Chute, but I still came up with an empty bag.
The water is still high and dirty, but the temperatures have definitely shot up. This is the typical bass spawn to post spawn period when I struggle to catch fish.
Observations
The aezillias are in full bloom.
5:30 PM- 8:00 PM
Weather: 95˚, clear, S 5, (hot and humid)
H2O: 9.37’ falling 84.5 kchs.2 KCFS, 77-84 ˚, dirty
Location: Mississippi R. (Lake Onalaska)
Caught: One ten inch largemouth bass
Partners: myself
Comments
The fishing was very poor. I had hoped to find some pike in the emerging weeds on the eastern shore, but I found none. In a short time period I tried numerous go to spots on the lake: dredge holes, airport bay, rock islands, Sommners Chute, but I still came up with an empty bag.
The water is still high and dirty, but the temperatures have definitely shot up. This is the typical bass spawn to post spawn period when I struggle to catch fish.
Observations
The aezillias are in full bloom.
6-5-2011
6-5-2011 Sun
4:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Weather: 88 ˚, clear, SW 10
H2O: 9.43 falling, 85.7 KCFS, 72 ˚, dirty
Location: Mississippi River, Dresbach Dam
Caught: Numerous small bluegills, drum, largemouth bass, sauger, crappies.
Partners: Sandy J.
Comments
I was hoping to find some northern pike or white bass that were in the biting mood. We found neither, but the bluegills and drum cooperated. We caught plenty of gills in the east bay, but most were on the small side. There were some other fishermen in the bay that were doing pretty good catching suspended crappies.
After catching our fill of bluegills, we went out to the main river and had our poles bent by drum. The fish were very aggressive and put up a good tussle. We also caught largemouth bass, crappies, sauger, a crappie and one rock bass. As usual the tail water area provided a smorgasbord of fish!
Observations
The cotton wood trees are living up to their name and shedding their cotton looking seeds.
4:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Weather: 88 ˚, clear, SW 10
H2O: 9.43 falling, 85.7 KCFS, 72 ˚, dirty
Location: Mississippi River, Dresbach Dam
Caught: Numerous small bluegills, drum, largemouth bass, sauger, crappies.
Partners: Sandy J.
Comments
I was hoping to find some northern pike or white bass that were in the biting mood. We found neither, but the bluegills and drum cooperated. We caught plenty of gills in the east bay, but most were on the small side. There were some other fishermen in the bay that were doing pretty good catching suspended crappies.
After catching our fill of bluegills, we went out to the main river and had our poles bent by drum. The fish were very aggressive and put up a good tussle. We also caught largemouth bass, crappies, sauger, a crappie and one rock bass. As usual the tail water area provided a smorgasbord of fish!
Observations
The cotton wood trees are living up to their name and shedding their cotton looking seeds.
6-1-2011
6-1-2011 Wed
5:30 PM- 11:00 PM
Weather: 70 ˚, clear, W 15
H2O: 9.5’ falling, 85.9 KCFS, 68 ˚, muddy
Location: Mississippi R. Pool7, Black R.
Caught: Numerous bluegills for bait and one 5lb channel catfish
Partners: myself
Comments
The bluegills were pretty active; however it did take some looking to find them. I believe they were in their pre-spawn mode. I caught a few gills in the channel, but most of them came from the main lake area.
I tried two spots for flats and only came away with one channel cat. The river is still very high, so I started out in the Black R. I caught one channel cat and had a couple other bites in the Black. I then tried a slough in the back waters and had no luck. The current was very swift here and it was tough fishing.
Observations
Irises are in full bloom.
5:30 PM- 11:00 PM
Weather: 70 ˚, clear, W 15
H2O: 9.5’ falling, 85.9 KCFS, 68 ˚, muddy
Location: Mississippi R. Pool7, Black R.
Caught: Numerous bluegills for bait and one 5lb channel catfish
Partners: myself
Comments
The bluegills were pretty active; however it did take some looking to find them. I believe they were in their pre-spawn mode. I caught a few gills in the channel, but most of them came from the main lake area.
I tried two spots for flats and only came away with one channel cat. The river is still very high, so I started out in the Black R. I caught one channel cat and had a couple other bites in the Black. I then tried a slough in the back waters and had no luck. The current was very swift here and it was tough fishing.
Observations
Irises are in full bloom.
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