May 7, 2016 Sat

May 7, 2016 Sat 8AM-11AM-bass and pike fishing by myself
430PM-11PM cat-fishing with Troy
Where: Mississippi R. pool 7
Weather: (AM) N9, sunny, 59°
(PM) N7, clear, 57°
H2O: (Mississippi R. Pool 7) 8.23↓, 71 kcfs, 61 °, clear
(Black R.) 4.31↓, 1.36 kcfs, 60, clear
Caught: (AM) 4 pike 20-30”, 2LMB 13-14”
(PM) me: bait-bluegills and perch, 1-5lb. channel cat
Troy: bait-bluegills and perch, 1-5lb. channel cat

Observations: I observed some carp spawning in the backwaters this morning. There is quite a bit of aquatic plant growth starting to appear and the fish seem to be relating to it.

The morning fishing was very peaceful and relaxing. The boat and fishing traffic was light and in general it was fun. I did catch a lot of fish this morning, but I did eliminate a good amount of unproductive water.
The evening fishing outing with Troy was a good time, except for the high school brats that were being brats. No need to go on, it did get rather disgusting with the group of six little shit heads! The cat fishing was fairly good. We did not catch any flat heads but we did have a fair amount of action and we each managed to catch a decent channel catfish.