Sunday, May 13, 2018

5-11 thru 5-13-2018

5-11 thru 5-13–18 Mississippi River near Nelson, WI. Myself and Norm along with Scott, Tom, Andy, Jeremy, Eon, Colton, Dean and Adain.
Weather: From 37º - 58º, rain to overcast with mostly light to calm winds
H20: 54-58º, 11.03 to 10.64 falling, clear, 72 kcfs
Caught: Lots of pike and a few Large mouth bass. Scott had the biggest pike at a whopping 39.5”
Observations: The lilacs and the apple trees are starting to bloom. I did not see any submerging or emergent plant growth. There were lots of dead rice beds from the previous summer that caused some difficult fishing in some areas.

It was our annual spring fling pike fest, and this year did not disappoint. All fishermen caught an ample amount of the toothy critters. The weather was quite chilling and long underwear were in order everyday. The cold temperatures did not seem to effect the aggressiveness of our quarry.
Friday night I took some of the guys on a dinner and booze road trip. Scott had a case of self induced alcohol indigestion. I was happy the next morning that I was the sober driver that night.

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