10-5-11

10-5-2011 Wed
5:00 – 7:00 PM
H2O: 63 ˚, 5.03’ falling, 21.7 kcfs, clear
Weather: 77 ˚, S 7, clear, 30.09 falling
Location: Mississippi R. Pool 7 (Lake Onalaska)
Caught: LMB (17) 10 – 18 with eight of them being legal, Pike (2) 27 & 22”
Partners: none

Comments

It was such a beautiful evening I had to get out for some fishing. The first spot I hit was the community hole at the end of the dike, and the fish were there and active. The water had warmed up to a very nice sixty three degrees and the bass were responding with aggression.
I caught bass almost everywhere I fished. The main weed edges out on the lake were good, but the floating celery grass was causing my spinner bait to foul. I caught fish along the East side of Red Oak, but they were small. I did do pretty good farther south along the rocks next to the railroad tracks, and then I caught some quality fish on the weeds on the West side of Red Oak.
The main bait was the good old Terminator spinner bait. I did catch some bass on a silver Senko but I only used this when they no longer responded to the spinner bait. I cannot say enough good things about that spinner bait. It is tough, has good flash and most importantly it catches fish.

Observations:

The fall colors are progressing very rapidly and leaves are starting to collect on the lakes surface. Fishing the main lake is fairly difficult on account of all the celery grass that is loose and floating on and just below the lakes surface.