8-31-2011 Wed
7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
H2O: 5.95 falling, 33.9 kcfs, 73 ˚, clear
Weather: calm, fog, 71 ˚, 29.94 falling
Location: Mississippi R. Pool 7
Caught: Bluegills for bait / Scott two flat heads (33 & 13 lbs.) myself one (17 lb.)
Partners: Scott
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Tonight Scott and myself got out for what could possibly be one of our last flat head outings together for the year. I think I have only flat head fished once past the Labor Day weekend. It makes it much harder to go out after work with the days getting shorter and the nights are a little more uncomfortable; the cool air quickly settling in after darkness envelopes the Mississippi river valley.
Bait gathering was once again a snap. The bluegills are very site specific right now, just look for some downed timber with a slight amount of current.
Our first set up spot was an outside edge of a wing dam along the main channel. I have wanted to try a wing dam ever since the rivers flow had ebbed below forty thousand cubic feet per second. After close to an hour and no prowling flats to show for our time and effort it was time to vacate this unproductive spot.
The next two spots were side channels parallel to the main channel with plenty of timber and an adequate amount of moving Mississippi river blood. We ended up with three flats for the night with only one miss in the unfavorable column.
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