Weather:
(2053) N 7, clear, 65˚, 30.04 rising
Water:
4.67 steady, -.99 kcfs? 72 ˚, clear
Location:
Mississippi river pool 8
Caught:
bluegills (20) 4 – 8”, I forgot the details, but we had 7 or 8 fish with Rob having a 21 lb. flat and myself I had one that was 38 lbs.
Partners:
Rob
Comments
Last night was a flat head fishing adventure with Rob, and it turned out to be a very good night. Rob is a co-worker with Karen and quite an enthusiastic outdoorsman. He has been bugging Karen to have me take him out fishing, so tonight was the night. I met Rob for the very first time at the boat landing and I did not know what to expect. Rob, after all is an IT person, and I had the image that they all drink diet Dew and play X Box in their spare time. I found Rob to be just the opposite, plus he was a very good angler. We targeted both side channel areas and main channel areas with success. Some of the fish hit rather aggressively and some did not. The biggest fish of the night (38 lbs.) slammed the bluegill and ran. Unfortunately, I was the one who caught it and not Rob. He had caught the first two or three fish and he said it was my turn and it happened to be the best fish of the night. Rob, however did catch more than I, and he had a very respectable 21 lb. flat head and a 12 lb. channel cat.
We should be seeing a good fishing pattern for the next couple of months, the water is cooling and the amount of anglers on the water is starting to decrease. My theory of about every sixth flat head being over thirty pounds held true last night. Live bluegills and cut bait were both utilized with success. We ended the night with seven or eight fish being boated, which consisted of two channel cats and the rest flat heads. All fish were release to be caught again. I am sure I will be out fishing with Rob again sometime in the future.
Observations:
The fishing around the La Crosse area seems to be much better than the Onalaska pool.
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