9-5-11 Mon

9-5-2011 Mon
5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
H2O: 5.69’ falling, 31.7 kcfs, 68 ˚, clear
Weather: N 5, partly cloudy, 67 ˚, 30.15 falling (5:53PM)
Location: Mississippi R. Pool 7 lake Onalaska and Somners Chute
Caught: LMB (8) 12-18”, pike (2) 25 & 30”, SMB (6) 4 – 12”, walleyes (3) 14”.
Partners: None

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Fishing was pretty dam good tonight! The other day on the way home from work I had seen a fisherman fishing a particular weed line on the lake and it gave me the idea to try it. When I pulled up to the area it was a like a scene from the movie The Birds; There were sea gulls everywhere waiting for a nice minnow dinner. You see gulls will clue you in on where the fish are feeding. The fish chase the minnows and as they are fleeing and skipping across the top of the water the gulls will see this and swarm to get a fish dinner of their own.
I caught all of my LMB and the larger of the two pike at this spot. The bait of the fish’s choice was a spinner bait that had my favorite red and white skirt with a double tailed grub used as a trailer.
I tried two other similar spots on the lake with no fish to show for the effort. My final spot of the night was Somners Chute in search of SMB and walleyes. Well I found both, but neither species that were caught had any size to them. I used a Rapala Shad Rap for the spots here. The Shad Rap is a great bait, but the hooks suck: they are too small and not very strong. I usually change mine out to something bigger and stronger.

Observations:

The little cut through the trees behind the house is so shallow right now that it is almost impassable with the old goat boat!