8-8-13 Thr.

8-8-2013 Thr. 7:30 PM – 11:00 PM
Weather: (2053) calm, few clouds, 68˚, 30.00 steady
Water: 5.22 falling, 55.9 kcfs, 72 ˚, clear
Location: Mississippi river pool 7
Caught: bluegills for bait, one 21 pound flat head
Partners: Autumn - bluegill fishing

Comments:
Autumn is starting to show some interest in fishing and she wanted to try “for those smaller fish that are easier to catch”. I needed some bluegills for flat head fishing tonight, so she came along for that portion of the fishing. She found out those smaller fish are not so easily caught either. She was a little confused on how I could catch 20 to her 1. She did catch one small crappie at the end of the night and she was satisfied with that. She also wanted to take it off the hook and she found out the hard way that crappies have some pretty sharp spines on their lower front fins.
I fished for flat heads in two different spots over a two hour period and I caught one twenty one pound fish. I wished Autumn would have been along and caught that fish, I think she would have been hooked on catching those big whiskered cats.

Observations:
The vegetation growth is probably at its peak right now. The rice is particularly abundant this year and it appears to be taking over the east lakeside from the end of the dike down to Ashley Point.