6-25-14 Wed

6-25-2014 Wed 6PM-830M myself
Weather: (1853) NW10, clear, 79˚, 29.88 rising
Water: 12.23 rising, 138 kcfs, 76˚, clear to dirty with lots of floating debris
Where: Mississippi R. pool 7
Caught: 1 pike 22", 1 LMB 14"

Comments:

It is very hard to get motivated and go out and fish the river during these high water conditions, but I cannot go to long without fishing so I just had to get out. With the conditions as they were I figured if I caught a fish it would be a bonus, I actually had two bonuses.
I started out fishing the lower stretches of the Black River near Hammond Chute and had absolutely no luck there. the last area I fished was Lake O and I caught a pike at Ashley Point and a bass on the norther most island. Both fish were caught on a buzz bait.

Observations:

The water is very high and getting higher and my dock is totally submerged. There are quite a few big bunches of cattails floating around on the lake; they look like tiny islands and are about the size of large bathtubs.