Weather: (1335) SE8, partly cloudy, 81˚, 30.02 falling
Water: clear, 62 ˚, 11.85 falling, 93 kcfs
Caught: Me: 19 pike 13-39.5”, 11 LMB 12-16”, 1 SMB 15”
Scott: 27 Pike 15-36”, 18 LMB 12-18”, 1 walleye 26”
Comments:
It was another spring time excursion up to the big waters of the Mississippi river near Wabasha. The trip was by far the best trip of the year up to this area; we caught the most and the biggest pike of the year.
The day started out with small fish, but then we moved to bigger waters and the size structure dramatically increased. Scott was hesitant to move far away from the numbers game in exchange for the possibility of bigger and better fish. He also constantly back boated me and I wanted to get out of areas with defined borders. Back boating is basically moving parallel and in close proximity to some structure while fishing. This gives the guy who is running the trolling motor almost all the water to fish, but it gives the guy in the back very little area between the boat and shore line and structure.
I fished a myriad of baits today which included a: spinner bait, buzz bait, swim bait, senco, rattle trap and in line spinners. The bait that gave me the best success on the larger fish was a Bucher Buck Tail in an orange and yellow combination. Scott basically fished one bait; the old reliable spinner bait. I think I am going to have to call him spinner bait Scott.
Observations:
The water is still very high up here, but it is clear. There is not a lot of aquatic growth yet, except for some lily pads in the more sheltered bays. My red bud tree has finally started to bloom.
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