7-6-13 Sat

7-6-2013 Sat. 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Weather:
(1453) S 15 G 22, clear, 90 ˚, 29.92 steady
H2O:
10.13 falling, 87.9 kcfs, dirty but clear in sheltered areas, 76 ˚
Location:
Mississippi R. Pool 7
Caught:
Pat: 19” small mouth, Howard: nothing
Partners:
Howard and Pat Bloom

Comments:

Howard was the winning bidder on a fishing trip that I had donated to a beagle club from Camp Douglas. Howard wanted to take his son along on a fishing trip and he wanted to target pike. I told Howard the best time for pike was early spring right after the spawn. Unfortunately this would not work out because his son Pat is the college baseball coach at the University of Stevens Point and he is busy all spring.
We made the best of the outing and after several hours of not finding any active pike we switched mainly to top water fishing for largemouth bass. Unfortunately the bass were not very cooperative either. We did have some blow ups on frogs, but most of the bites were missed by the inexperienced anglers. I must say both of these fishermen were pretty athletic and were quite efficient with the bait casters for first time users.

Observations:

Some of the sheltered areas of the river are quite clear, but any areas that have any current coming from the main channel are dirty. Still no may fly hatch and virtually no top water feeding activity.