5-12-13 Sun

5-12-2013 Sun 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM//4:00 PM – 7:15 PM

Weather:
(1153) NW 14, clear, 56 ˚, 30.16 steady/(1753) NW 12, G 21, clear, 56 ˚, 30.09 steady
H2O:
10.09 falling, 109 kcfs, 56 ˚, clear
Location:
Mississippi River Pool 7
Caught:
AM: 3 pike 22 – 30”//PM 4 pike 20 – 33”, 7 LMB 12 – 17”
Partners:
None

Comments:

Yesterday and last night were both unusually cold and I wanted to see how the fish would respond this morning. And, I wanted to see how the new prop on my Go Devil would work. The fishing was tough. The pike were fairly active at least in one of my new go to spots, but the bass were hibernating. The prop seemed to work okay, but it was nothing spectacular.
In the afternoon the air temperature had not climbed much and neither had the water temp. I did a little exploring this evening and headed up towards Trempealeau. I fished various spots on the way and found a pike or two, but it was tough. The farther towards Trempealeau I got the more pronounced the flooding was. As I am sure I stated in the past flooded timber makes difficult if not almost impossible fishing. I did alright this afternoon; I ended up finding a nice little bunch of bass at the end.
Most of the waterfowl has left. There are quite a few eagles’ nests out in the bottoms and I watched one baldy taking some reeds back to its nest. I have also noticed the pelicans have all but disappeared. There are also some types of terns or gulls that have been hanging around that have a black head and are about half the size of a normal gull.

Observations:

The water has started to drop and it is still very clear. My redbud tree had started to bloom and to me that is a sign that the pike are probably at their most active point in the year.