4-10-13 Wed.

4-10-2013 Wed. 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Weather:
NE12 light rain, 36 ˚, 29.98 falling
H2O:
8.54 rising, 76.6 kcfs, ? ˚, clear
Location:
Mississippi River pool 7, behind house
Caught:
3 perch, 1 crappie – all fish released
Partners:
none
Comments:

Today was a cold, damp, miserable day, but I was excited to see how the fish would react to the change in temperature. I was fishing the same spot behind the house as I had done yesterday, but I change my tactics somewhat.
I was armed with two poles so I could present two different baits at the same time. Today I used waxies and I substituted crappie minnows for night crawler pieces. I noticed right away that the bluegill bite was not there; they had either moved out or became dormant with the cold weather.
The bait that got the most action was the crappie minnow; in fact I had very few bites on waxies. The weather did not seem to affect the perch at all.

Observations:

We were about twenty degrees below our normal high for this date, and the water has risen another foot overnight. Diver ducks are everywhere, with lots of mergansers, golden eyes and a few scaup. It is just so cool to watch and see all the waterfowl as I fish. I also saw a large snapping turtle tonight and I watched a mole borrow into the ground and tunnel away; that was a first for me.