5-25-13 Sat

5-25-2013 Sat 4:00 PM – 7:45PM

Weather:
(1653) SE 10, overcast, 60 ˚, 30.28 steady
H2O:
9.68 rising, 87.8 kcfs, 62 ˚, dirty to clear
Location:
Mississippi River pool 8
Caught:
Approx. 3 LMB 12”, 2 pike 22 & 29”
Partners:
None

Comments:

Today I was hitting some of the back bays around Dresbach in search of largemouth bass and pike. I cannot say I was very successful, but I did catch some fish and I eliminated un-productive water. The fish seem to be relating to some type of current edges. If you fish slack water no fish are caught.
I had one little interesting encounter with the larger of the two pike I caught. This fish was relating to an old rice bed off of a point of a flooded island. By the way old rice beds have been very good for bass and pike this year.
Anyway back to the story. I threw my spinner bait to the head of this island and wham; a fish came out from the heave cover hit my bait and came completely out of the water, but did not have my bait in its mouth. I immediately threw back to the same location and this time the fish connected with the bait, but it cut my leader and I lost my bait. Well, I fished some other areas for about an hour and then came back to this spot on the way out of the bay. My very first cast to the point produced a hit, but no hook-up. I threw back to the same spot and this time I hooked up with that nice pike. The fish was not the smartest, but it sure was persistent.

Observations:

The water is still rising. The main channel areas area still quite muddy, but the back bays are relatively clear. Most of the low lying island areas below the dam are flooded over.