Weather:
(1553) W17 G22, a few clouds, 51˚, 30.07 falling
Water:
4.79 steady, 12.4 kcfs, 50 ˚, clear
Location:
Mississippi river pool 7
Caught:
LMB (4) 11 – 16”, SMB (9) 13 – 19, Striped Bass 12”, Pike (2) 21 & 23”, walleyes (2) 14 & 17”, Sheep heads (3 big ones), Sucker 20”
Partners:
none
Comments
It was a 50/50 type of day today; the air temperatures were around 50 and so was the water temperature. The Large mouths were not quite as aggressive today as they were on Sunday, but I still caught quite a few. I definitely missed more than I caught; they just seemed to be nipping at the back treble of the crank. On Sunday we caught them on most everything and anything, today it was a slow retrieve with a crank bait that fooled them. I did pretty well on smallies today, again it was a crank bait bite, but these fish were much more aggressive than the largemouth. My Biggest smallie of the day was a nice 19 incher. The last 20 minutes of light and for about an hour after dark I targeted walleyes. The numbers were not impressive, but I did catch the one pictured and another smaller one. I also had some very big sheep head that had me fantasizing about very large walleyes up until I got that first glimpse of them. All the fish I caught today came off of rocks or within very close proximity to some rocks. Every fish that was caught was also caught on a crank bait of one type or another.
Observations:
The seasons are definitely changing; the water temperatures are dropping, the leaves are brilliantly colored (about 66% are left), and the air temperature along with the north wind made it feel like January.
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