7-21-13 Sun

7-21-2013 Sun 5 PM – 11:30 PM

Weather: (2153) SE 6, clear, 68 ˚, 29.88 falling
H2O: 6.64 falling, 49.4 kcfs, clear, 81 ˚
Location: Mississippi River pool 7
Caught: Bait: we caught bluegills, rock bass and a couple of perch
Partners: Scott
Comments:
Scott and myself got out early tonight with the plan of quickly catching our flat head bait and them we were going to hit the rocks for some small mouth bass fishing. But of course things did not go as planned. We had one hell of a time catching our bait, it was quite pathetic and it really disappointed me. We tried rocks, back waters up by Trempealeau and back channels with wood, but the bluegills were very elusive. We ended up fishing for bait almost until dark.
Fortunately the flat heads were much more cooperative. We caught three for the night and missed a couple of others. I know at least one of the flat heads was caught on cut bait. Tonight I fished the deeper water areas with very little wood cover.
Observations:
Tonight we had a major may fly hatch; the first one I have experienced this season.