8-15-2011 Tue

8-16-2011 Tue
7:00 PM – 11:15 PM

H2O: 7.96 falling, 69 kcfs, 75 ˚, clear
Weather: SE 10, clear, 77 ˚, 29.96 rising, lightning in sky
Location: Mississippi R. pool 7
Caught: 2 flat heads (Larry – 17lb, myself 8lb)
Partners: Larry (work customer)

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I was joined on the water by a work customer. Larry had expressed an interest of going along on one of my flat head adventures, and I figured why not. I am always a little nervous taking someone along for the first time. I always worry about not bringing any fish to the boat. On top of that we did not have much time to gather bait, and right now catching bluegills is not a slam-dunk for me.
Since the water has dropped considerably since last week I decided it was time to hit one of my favorite wing dam holes. We got four poles baited and in the water and within five minutes Larry was battling a nice fish. He was quite excited and thought it was a good size fish. Unfortunately the fish was not ready to come to the boat and wrapped itself around a snag. In the meantime one of the other poles got slammed and I promptly brought in an eight pound flat.
Larry’s fish was still snagged up, but I was not ready to give up on it yet. I released the anchors (Cajun – poles stuck in the ground to hold us) and headed towards the stuck fish. After some maneuvering and wrangling I managed to free the fish and handed the pole to Larry to resume the battle. Shortly thereafter a grinning Larry was posing with his first flat head.
The trip home was accompanied by some lightning flashes courtesy of Mother Nature. When we got to the landing Larry commented that I sure know the river quite well. It is always an exhilarating dark ride in for the first timer.

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