6-21-14 Sat.

6-21-2014 Sat. 1PM-130AM myself, Pete and Todd
Weather: (2353) calm, clear, 66˚, 29.90 steady
Water: 11.4 rising, 120 kcfs, 76˚, dirty with lots of floating debris
Where: Mississippi R. pool 8
Caught: All: bait, Pete: 2 lb. channel cat

Comments:

It was the second day of flat head fishing with Pete and Todd and my confidence level was very low. Today I was changing it up a bit by fishing the La Crosse area and pool eight.
I had brought some bait casters along so we could start out fishing bass and pike. We started out fishing Lawrence Lake, mainly because I thought the water would be a little cleaner down there. The water was cleaner but the fish did not cooperate.
we then headed north and caught our bait for the evening in Dresbach Bay. The bluegill fishing was pretty good there, but the bait was much bigger than I like to have for this early in the year.
After catching an ample supply of bait we docked at one of the bars on French Island so we could quench our thirst and fill our bellies.
We fished till 1:30AM again, but this time we had nothing to show for our efforts. We never even had a bite!
Observations:

The water is very high, dirty and fast and there was an enormous amount of weeds and debris fouling our lines.