6-6-12 Wed

6-6-2012 Wed
11:00 AM – 11:00 PM
Weather:
(1153) calm, clear, 74˚, 30.09 falling
(2153) calm, clear, 66 ˚, 30.06 rising
Water:
10.2’ crested, 90.2 kcfs, 68 ˚, dirty
Location:
Mississippi R. Pool 8
Caught:
myself channel cat 13”, sheep head 17”, LMB 16”, pike 17”, walleye 12”, 2 crappies 8”, 12 bluegills 5 – 7”, flat head 8 lbs.//////Scott – LMB 12”
Partners:
myself till 1900 then Scott joined the party
Comments:

I fished quite hard all day and did not have much to show for my effort. I started out fishing the sloughs around Goose Island for walleyes the first couple hours. The only reward I reaped was a small channel cat and one sheep head and several missed bites with lost night crawlers. After I determined that walleye fishing was rather futile I change the game and targeted pike and bass. I had almost the same results with these two species, except for the one decent large mouth.
Around three o’clock I loaded up the boat and headed up to the Dresbach Dam. Fishing up here was not much better, but at least I did catch enough bluegills and crappies for bait. Around 7:00 PM Scott joined me for a little bass and flat head fishing. We had about the same luck bass fishing as I had all day, but Scott caught one bass.
The final species of the night was flat head catfish, and my luck changed a little bit with these critters. I caught one and Scott lost one and missed one other, and of course he blamed it on the circle hooks I was using.

Observations:

The Mississippi River crested today, which I have so eagerly awaited. Today was just as much an exploration trip around the Goose Island area as it was a fishing trip. I did find what I think will be some pretty awesome areas for flat head fishing yet this summer as well as some spots that appear to have great potential for ice fishing.