6-9-2014 Mon.

6-9-2014 Mon. 7PM-830PM myself
Weather: (1953) E3, clear, 72˚, 29.94 steady
Water: 10.21 rising, 74 ˚, semi-clear, 97.5 kcfs
Caught: Approximately 25 bluegills 4-7.5”

Comments:

I plan to do some catfishing in the next two weeks, so I needed to get out and see if I could find some bluegills. The water is quite high and fairly dirty, so I was not overly optimistic. I did not find a large concentration of gills, but overall I did find a fair number. The average size was about six inches and most had not yet spawned. I fished the man-made islands and did the best on the rock face of the northern most one.

Observations:

The black flies were bad tonight and of course so were the mosquitoes. The irises are in full bloom along with the peonies and the wild rice is now lying on top of the surface.