6-9-12 Sat

6-9-2012 Sat
7:00 PM – 1:30 AM
Weather:
(2153) SE 8, clear, 77˚, 29.77 steady
Water:
9.57’ falling, 81 kcfs, 78 ˚, dirty
Location:
Mississippi R. Pool 7
Caught:
myself 3lb flat head and bluegills, Scott 5lb flat head and bluegills
Partners:
myself and Scott

Comments:

It was a marathon night of flat head fishing for us. We were both so damn determined to have a productive night, that neither one of us wanted to leave. Bait gathering was not too bad, most of the gills came from the channel, but we also did go out to the man- made islands and added a couple more to our larder.
Tonight I wanted to try an area not too far off the main channel with lots of wood and depth of around twenty feet. Scott caught his in this area and I think I might have missed one. The current was ripping quite well, and my poles which were the farthest from shore got weeded up quite quickly. This first spot is where I noticed we were sinking. Water was accumulating in the boat very quickly and I had no idea where it was coming from. A couple days later I took the boat apart and found out that the hose that connects to the live well drain pipe was off and allowing water to pour in.
The next two spots we tried were secondary channels with drastically reduced water flows. I caught one fish at the two other spots we fished and we then called it a night.

Observations:

I am really starting to get a little concerned about the lack of flat head action we have been having. Some fish are being caught, but the numbers seems to be way down.