7-20-13 Sat

7-20-2013 Sat 7:30 AM – 3 PM//7 PM – 11:45 PM

Weather: (0953) vrbl 6, clear, 71 ˚, 29.92 rising// (2153) E3, partly cloudy, 75 ˚, 29.92 steady
H2O: 6.89 falling, 53.4 kcfs, dingy to clear, 81 ˚
Location: Mississippi R. Pool 6, Trempealeau AM//Mississippi River pool 7 PM
Caught: AM: small mouths, a few large mouths, a couple of gills, and a few smallish pike
PM: lots of nice gills, a few crappies and Tracy Riek caught a 10 lb. flat head
Partners: John and Tracy Riek PM
Comments:
I started out fishing Trempealeau by myself Saturday morning. The fishing was not fantastic, but I did catch some small mouths, large mouths and a few pike. In the afternoon I met up with John Riek and his wife to do some flat head fishing that night. We fished rocky areas along the main channel for bluegills and we did not have a very hard time finding them. We caught bluegills in most any areas along the main channel that had rocks and some depth to go along with the rocks.
We started out fishing for flat heads on the West Channel and caught the one almost right away; well before dark. We then move to the East Channel and missed one there.
Observations:
The water is pretty clear down on this pool and there seems to be less debris floating in the water.