7-25-11 Mon

7-25-2011 Mon

7:30 PM – 11:15 PM

Weather: calm, clear, 74 ˚, 29.84 steady
H2O: 79 ˚, 9.07’, rising, 81 kcfs, dirty

Location: Mississippi R. Pool 7

Caught: bluegills for bait, flat heads 5, 10 and 40.5 pounds

Partners: none

Comments

I was out tonight looking to supply some fish for our yearly up north vacation. The fish I was looking for were flats in the 5-10 pound range. Well, I succeeded and then some. I fished three spots in a very short period of time. I do believe not staying in one spot can up the odds when fishing for these bottom dwelling fish inhaling finned predators.
I had three flats bite and I hooked all of them. They really seemed to be aggressive. When they hit, the poles almost wanted to come out of the rod holders.

Observations

Still a ton of current, but the fish are catchable.