6-24-12 Sun

6-24-2012 Sun (7:00PM – 10:15PM)
Weather:
N 7 clear, 78˚, 29.99 rising
Water:
7.37 rising, 66.4 kcfs, 75 ˚, cloudy and clear (location variant)
Location:
Mississippi R. Pool 7
Caught:
Bluegills, crappies, small LMB, rock bass, small walleyes, 11 LB flat head
Partners:
myself
Comments:

Have you ever heard the comment during a may fly hatch that there is too much food for the fish and they will not bite. Or how about the water is too muddy, wind is from the east or perhaps a major cold front came through and nothing will bite. Well, sometimes that may hold true, but I had a great evening tonight during a big may fly hatch with muddy water to boot. I have also had one of my best days pike and bass fishing after a 30 degree drop in temperature from the day before. The point is you just never know when the fishing is going to be good or bad.
Tonight I wanted to fish for flatheads for a little while, and I was not sure I would be able to catch pan fish for bait on account of a couple of the before mentioned conditions. I was wrong! The pan fish and about everything else were very active. I was targeting shallow water with overhanging vegetation on which the may flies were resting. The fish were stacked in the area, just waiting for a winged morsel to fall to the surface. I caught bluegills, crappies, rock bass, walleyes and largemouth bass. The technique I was using was a mini version of flipping; a very small jig head, two inch piece of crawler, ultra-light pole and no bobber. To cap off the night I did catch a mid – teens flat head, that just hammered my bluegill.

Observations:

Water is still going up and it is very dirty!