7:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Weather: (1053) S 20, partly cloudy, 82˚, 29.85 rising
Water: (Mississippi) 7.05’ falling, 56.7 kcfs, 71 ˚, dirty
Location: Mississippi River pool 7
Caught: (approximate #’s) LMB (14) 10 – 18”, Pike (6) 18 – 20”, Crappie 6”
Partners: myself and Scott
Comments:
A friend and I started our half day of fishing out on the big waters of Lake Onalaska. I have wanted to get out there the last couple of weeks and see if I could put a few walleyes into the boat at a few of my regular spots. We started out early in hopes of getting out there when the winds would not be too unbearable. We caught one small pike on the lake in the little time we had before the winds blew in and made the boat control miserable. The water on the lake was terribly dirty on account of all the wind we have had the last couple of days.
We tried a few of my other walleye spots with only a couple of nice large mouths to show for our efforts. I know the timing for the walleyes in the back waters is right, but I have to believe the dirtiness of the water stopped our success. One thing I know about the Mississippi, if you cannot find active fish, move or fish for another species, and we did both.
We started looking for backwater areas with better visibility using spinner baits to search out largemouth bass and pike. We had success with both with a good number of fish coming to the boat. The pike were definitely on the small size, but we did have some pretty respectable large mouths. My friend also had the unusual catch of the day with a pretty respectable crappie succumbing to a spinner bait. It looks as if the winds are going to subside for the next couple of days, so hopefully the water clarity will vastly improve which will improve the fishing.
Observations:
The peonies in the back yard look as if they are ready to bloom.
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