4-26-2012 Thr
5:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Weather:
NE 8, clear, 56˚, 30.01 rising
Water:
5.96 rising, 41.4 kcfs, 56 ˚
Location:
Mississippi R. Dresbach Dam area
Caught:
Pike (4) 18 – 22”, 25 LMB (10) 10 - 16 “
Partners:
myself and Ben

Comments:

Ben and I took last week off on account of the weather, but we were ready to fish tonight. We met at the Dresbach Dam and our initial game plan was to fish rock structure within the immediate vicinity of the dam. I had received several reports of the small mouths relating to the rocks along the main channel and we wanted to give it a try.
The first two hours were rather mundane. We caught a few bass, but the size structure on what we did catch was small. After probing the rocks along with everybody else for a couple of hours a change was needed. We headed to a little more sheltered area with good depth and some structure. This move proved wise. We did pretty well on both bass and pike. We did not catch any big fish, but we did have pretty consistent action.

Observations:

The main channel was looking rather muddy. I believe this was on account of all the wind we have been having. I did observe a fisherman up by the float doing rather well on saugers. I was hoping we might have gotten into some white bass, but that did not materialize.