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.