7-10-13 Wed.

7-10-2013 Wed. 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM

Weather:
(1953) NW 8, clear, 76 ˚, 29.99 rising
H2O:
9.23 falling, 76 kcfs, dingy, 79 ˚
Location:
Mississippi R. Pool 7
Caught:
SMB (approx. 10) 10-17”
Partners:
none

Comments:

I started out with the intention of fishing for walleyes, but after trolling for twenty minutes and not having any action I gave it up. I was headed towards Somner’s Chute where I was going to continue walleye fishing, but then I passed some rip rap that had small mouth bass stamped on each rock and I could not resist the urge to fish for small mouths.
Fishing for small mouth turned out to be the right choice. The action was not fast and furious by any means, but it was steady. The only problem I had was my frustration level got quite high. I once again had my line broken by a four plus pound fish, and I miss lots of bites. I believe I have cured the problem by changing out my monofilament line with braided line. I will not have the shock or stretch that mono gives, but I will have the strength and the instant hook set capability. Tonight most of the fish once again were caught on Senko’s, with a few also falling to crank baits.

Observations:

The river is dropping rapidly now and the clarity has greatly improved. I still am not seeing much top water activity, but hopefully that will happen yet this year.