4-28-13 Sun.

4-28-2013 Sun. 11:00 AM – 7:30 PM
Weather:
(1253) SE10, clear, 69 ˚, 29.84 falling
H2O:
10.49 rising, 70.7 kcfs, 51 - 61 ˚, clear
Location:
Mississippi River Pool 4, Nelson
Caught:
Myself: 16 LMB 13 – 20”, 5 Pike 25 – 35”//Jake T. 10 LMB 12 – 15”, 3 Pike 25 – 35”///Mark T. 3 LMB 12 – 16”, 1 pike 24”
Partners:
Jake and Mark Tupper

Comments:

It was an all-day outing north of my home waters with Jake and Mark T. The fishing was not fantastic, but we did put a pretty good quantity in the boat. The fish were not overly aggressive and the pike were lacking in numbers compared to what we usually see up in this area.
Most of the fish came on spinner baits, but lipless cranks and swim baits also produced. The majority of the fish were extremely shallow and relating to submerged wood. We definitely had to work for the fish and did not find them everywhere. If the water was too deep or had too much current there were no fish.
There was a bass tournament out of Alma and we did see a good number of bass boats in the areas we were fishing.

Observations:

The water was a little cool this morning as well as the fish, but as the water warmed up during the day the fish became more active. I have yet to see any new signs of aquatic vegetation erupting from the rivers bed.