9-18-11 Sun

9-18-2011 Sun
10:40 AM – 5:15 PM
H2O: 60 ˚, 4.95’ rising, 18.3 kcfs, clear
Weather: (1053) SE 6, overcast, 58 ˚, 30.08 falling / (16:53) SE 7, light rain, 59’, 29.98 Falling
Location: Mississippi R. Pool 8 upper end
Caught: LMB (23) 9 – 17”, SMB (2) 9”, Pike (7) 20-31”, Dogfish 20”, sauger 11”
Partners: none

Comments

Today I ventured down to pool eight and fished from the Dresbach Dam to Target Lake. I decided I needed to start fishing this pool again, mainly because I think it is a much more productive pool than pool seven.
I had a pretty good day. The weather was nasty, the fish were mostly small, but I was again impressed with the numbers of fish. Almost all fish were relating to rock structure along the main channel or side channels directly off the main channel. I caught fish on crank baits, spinner baits and senko’s, but the best bait was a medium deep running white crank bait.
The pike that I caught seemed particularly aggressive. The ones I caught on the crank bait engulfed the whole bait, no portion of the bait was exposed which made hook or shall I say bait removal quite challenging. I am rather puzzled as to where the small mouth bass are residing. With the amount of water I covered and the structure I fished you would have thought I would have even been able to snag one!

Observations:

I did not see any fish chasing bait fish today. The water level on pool eight is surprisingly low; it is really good time to scout for spring time fishing spots with so many interesting areas of structure now visible.