5-4-13 Sat

5-4-2013 Sat 4:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Weather:
(1753) few clouds, 60 ˚, 30.02 steady, NW14
H2O:
10.29 rising, 97.3 kcfs, 48 ˚, clear
Location:
Mississippi River Pool 7
Caught:
Myself: 6 LMB 12-21”, 1 pike//Scott 10 LMB, 1 Pike
Partners:
Scott

Comments:

I wanted to get out today to see if I could catch any fish and to see if I had made the right decision on canceling todays guide trip. We did not go out till late in the afternoon, and by that time the air and water temperatures had climbed nicely. After fishing for a couple hours I knew that we had made the right decision. We did not catch a fish in the first two hours.
We did start to catch some fish when we moved to a little deeper water, but it was not anything fantastic. I pretty much stuck to an in line spinner and Scott used a spinner bait. We did catch a few fish in the back end of the Sail Boat club, but they were all small. Most of the fish came from the deeper stump fields.

Observations:

The weather was much better today, but it was still cold. We both had to put our rain bibs and parkas on for warmth. By the end of the night, we both also had our stocking hats on! The bulb plants are still in bloom along with the magnolias.