5-28-14 Wed

5-28-2014 Sun 8:30AM-5:30PM myself
Weather: (1253) NW6, clear, 67˚, 30.07 rising
Water: 10.99 falling, 76.7 kcfs, 72 ˚, clear but got very muddy
Caught: 12 pike 12-36”, 16 LMB 14-16”, 1 walleye 15”


Comments:

Since I had such good luck up the river last Sunday, I was hoping for a repeat. Of course it did not happen, but I still did catch plenty of fish.
I did have an interesting moment with the largest pike of the day. When I picked the fish up and slid my fingers under its gill plate, I hooked myself on the lure that was in the fish’s mouth. I was pretty nervous until I was able to free my finger from the grip of the lure. That fish was rather large and powerful and if it would have started to thrash, I would have been in big time trouble. I somehow did manage to free my finger, remove the hook and release the fish and escape with only a couple small punctures to my finger.

Observations:

There is still not too much for aquatic vegetation up here, but the water has been so high for so long that I think it has slowed the growth of the plants.