7-12-14 Sat

7-12-2014 Sat 9AM-4PM myself and Scott
Weather: (1353) S9, heavy rain, 70˚, 29.99 ↓
Water: 9.86 ↓ 90.4kcfs, 72˚, dingy
Where: mississippi R. pool 8, Stoddard
Caught: Me: 9 bass, 2 pike, Scott: 13 bass, 2 pike, 1 eye, 1 white bass

Comments:

I was hoping for an all day fishing trip today, but the weather cut those plans short. The morning started out with good action on both small mouths and large mouths. The best action came south of Stoddard fishing the rocks with stick baits. In the early afternoon we took a little lunch and beer break over at the Shell Horn bar just south of Brownsville. Once back on the water we were greeted with rain showers and downpours. we called the day short around 4PM on account of the rain and the nasty north west wins.

Observations:

The current is still ripping along the channels and combined with all the floating weeds, fishing is rather difficult in areas of current. The water around the Stoddard bay is relatively clear, but over on the Minnesota side it is very dingy.