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!