5-21-13 Tue

5-21-2013 Tue 6:30 – 11:15PM

Weather:
(2053) calm, overcast, 64 ˚, 29.68 steady
H2O:
(Black) 5.28 rising, 2.8 kcfs, 67 ˚, muddy with lots of debris
(Mississippi) 8.68 rising, 77.6 kcfs, 70 ˚, muddy
Location:
Black river and Mississippi River pool 7
Caught:
An ample supply of bait which included some rather large bluegills, 2 perch and one crappie
Partners:
Scott

Comments:

It was my first night of cat fishing of the year and I figured if I caught anything that would be a bonus. With all the recent rains the river is once again on the rise and this time it is quite muddy. I figured bait catching was going to be quite a challenge on account of the reduced visibility and it was a little tough, but we did catch an ample supply. We did catch some pretty nice bluegills; in fact we had some that were just too big to be used for early season flat head fishing.
We set up in two spots for flatheads: the Black River and a slough on the Mississippi River. We had a couple of bites in the Black, but we never caught a fish. We did however lose an anchor to a very large and suborn snag. Our second spot on the Mississippi was even worse; we never even had a bite.

Observations:

The water is again on the rise and it is now very muddy. The dandelions and lilacs are in bloom with some of the dandelions now going to seed. The bluegills are not yet in the shallows spawning, but with the water temperature around seventy degrees it cannot be far off.