6-2-13 Sun

6-2-2013 Sun 6:00 PM – 11:45 PM

Weather:
(2153) E 3, clear, 56 ˚, 30.03 steady
H2O:
9.96 rising, 91.9 kcfs, 63 ˚, semi-clear
Location:
Mississippi River pool 7
Caught:
Very few pan fish for bait and two flat heads of 8 & 17 lbs.
Partners:
Scott

Comments:

I was out flat head fishing with Scott tonight and we did okay. The night did not start out too good when we fished for our bait. The bluegills were definitely in a negative mood and they were not hanging around the shallows. I think we caught a total of seven fish, with a couple of toad sized gills and one crappie mixed in. It was not what I would have preferred to have in the live well for bait.
We first tried to set up in Somners Chute in an area that I thought was a little bit sheltered from the main flow of the river, but the current was still just too strong for the anchors to hold. We then went to a major slough just off the main channel and tied the boat to a fallen tree and fished an area that was much more sheltered from the current. We were fishing in about ten feet of water with an abundant amount of snags in close proximity to our locations.
We ended up with two fish in the boat and probably missed just as many other bites.

Observations:

The evening was extremely cold, I ended up wearing a winter coat and a stocking cap. The water is climbing back up beyond the ten foot stage, but it is once again fairly clear. The locust trees are in full bloom. We are in a never ending pattern of several days of rain, then a clear day or two and more days of rain; it is starting to wear on me!