Weather:
(1953) calm, a few clouds with lightning, 95˚, 29.77 rising
Water:
5.99 falling, 36.1 kcfs, 84 ˚, clear
Location:
Mississippi river pool 7
Caught:
Bait – bluegills and crappies, 4 flat heads ( 5 – 18 lbs.)
Partners:
myself and Ryan
Comments
It has been a few days since my last report, so first a quick re-cap. I had still been catching nice bluegills, there is still plenty of small mouth action and the flat heads are very active.
Last night was the first night I had fished with Ryan since this spring. Ryan had called to see if I was interested in going and since that was my intention anyhow, I now had a partner. We started out rather late and since I have been able to catch bluegills just about everywhere I did not see a need to go any earlier. To my dismay the bluegills were not as easy as they were just a couple of days earlier. We fished weeds, rocks and wood, but we never caught more than one or two in a spot. Catching our bait was a struggle, and when Ryan caught a couple of eleven inch crappies and threw them back, I stepped in and told him not to throw anymore big fish back. He thought those big crappies were too big for the flatheads. I did prove him wrong later in the night when the eleven inch crappie was eaten by about a ten pound flat head. We had a very good night, we ended up boating four between five and eighteen pounds, and we lost or missed about four others. We had some storms and lightning in the distance and I think this may have gotten the flat heads very active. I did catch one strange flathead last night; the poor fish had lost its eyes. They both appeared to have been injured in some fashion and were on their way to healing.
Observations:
The river is still continuing to drop and the water temperature is still very warm.
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