Weather:
(2053) N 6, clear, 72˚, 29.97 rising
Water:
4.68 falling, -.99 kcfs? 82 ˚, clear
Location:
Mississippi river pool 7
Caught:
bluegills (approx. 15) 6 – 8”, channel cat 8 lb.
Partners:
None
Comments
Tonight I was planning to figure out where all the bluegills have gone to. I did not accomplish that goal, but at least I did find a decent number of them. I once again targeted rock areas along the main channel, but this time I used a little bit of a different technique. I was not using a light jig with a piece of crawler; I was using a drop shot rig with a piece of crawler. I was actually fishing deeper with this set up and therefore I think more effective. I am thinking the bluegills were more in the four to six foot depths versus the one to three foot depths.
Anyway, I caught my bait and was set up before dark. My location was Somners Chute, which is usually quite good, except for this year. Once again it did not produce, I caught the one channel cat and miss one other, but that was it. I tried three spots in a very short time period. I am now starting to doubt my theory about moving around and hitting multiple spots in an evening.
When I got back to the landing I talked to a fellow cat fishermen (Adam), and he did not have much luck either. He also has experienced a hard time catching bluegills and he has not fared much better with the flat heads.
Observations:
The water is low and the vegetation is thick. It was a little cooler tonight and the mosquitoes did not seem so plentiful.
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