8-14-18 6pm-11pm
Where/What: Mississippi R. pool 7 flat head fishing
Weather: (1853) S9, 85º, clear, 29.90 steady
H20: ?º, mostly clear, 5.74 falling, 40 kcfs
Caught: bait: bluegills and a couple of crappies, Me: one 6 lb. flat head
Observations: The river is continuing to drop and some areas look impassible. There was an incredibly large bug hatch again tonight.
The flat head fishing was not that good tonight. I did manage to catch one little one and Scott missed a couple of bites, but that was it. We once again found the bluegills amongst the snags, but the rocks sure was not attracting them.
Thursday, August 16, 2018
Monday, August 13, 2018
8-11-18
8-11-18 6pm-12am
Where/What: Mississippi R. pool 7 flat head fishing with Scott
Weather: (1853) W8, 86º, clear, 30.02 rising
H20: 83º, clear, 5.84 falling, 42 kcfs
Caught: Bait - bluegills and crappies. Me: 17 & 34 LB flat heads, Scott: 29 LB flat head
Observations: The water level on this pool has gotten quite low. In fact it is even hard to get out to the main channel. I do not blame that on the low water levels, but more on the sedimentation that is going on in the back sloughs. The wild celery is having a great growing season whereas the wild rice is struggling. And oh my gosh, the bugs are a plague. There are very numerous and everywhere.
Fishing was good tonight. To begin with the bait catching was fairly easy. The gills were lacking on the rocks and in the wood along the main channel, but they were quite numerous in the back channels on the wood. We had a good cat night. We had five bites and caught three nice flat heads.
Where/What: Mississippi R. pool 7 flat head fishing with Scott
Weather: (1853) W8, 86º, clear, 30.02 rising
H20: 83º, clear, 5.84 falling, 42 kcfs
Caught: Bait - bluegills and crappies. Me: 17 & 34 LB flat heads, Scott: 29 LB flat head
Observations: The water level on this pool has gotten quite low. In fact it is even hard to get out to the main channel. I do not blame that on the low water levels, but more on the sedimentation that is going on in the back sloughs. The wild celery is having a great growing season whereas the wild rice is struggling. And oh my gosh, the bugs are a plague. There are very numerous and everywhere.
Fishing was good tonight. To begin with the bait catching was fairly easy. The gills were lacking on the rocks and in the wood along the main channel, but they were quite numerous in the back channels on the wood. We had a good cat night. We had five bites and caught three nice flat heads.
8-8-18
8-8-18 7pm-845pm
Where/What: Mississippi R. pool 7 bass fishing
Weather: (approx) calm, 85º, clear
H20: ?º, mostly clear, 5.98 falling, 45 kcfs
Caught: Nothing
Observations:None
I was out trying to catch two large mouth bass for a Friday night grill out with a friend. I failed! I had one decent bass on which I lost and I watched a mid-sized pike come out of the water and engulf my topwater frog. I purposely did not set the hook, because I did not want to lose my ten dollar frog. My two baits that I used tonight were a topwater frog that was dressed with a creature bait trailer.
Where/What: Mississippi R. pool 7 bass fishing
Weather: (approx) calm, 85º, clear
H20: ?º, mostly clear, 5.98 falling, 45 kcfs
Caught: Nothing
Observations:None
I was out trying to catch two large mouth bass for a Friday night grill out with a friend. I failed! I had one decent bass on which I lost and I watched a mid-sized pike come out of the water and engulf my topwater frog. I purposely did not set the hook, because I did not want to lose my ten dollar frog. My two baits that I used tonight were a topwater frog that was dressed with a creature bait trailer.
Tuesday, August 7, 2018
8-6-18
6pm-1015pm Where/What: Mississippi R. pool flat head fishing
Weather: (1853) calm, clear, 79º, 29.99 rising
H20: ?º, mostly clear, 6.36 falling, 50 kcfs
Caught: Bait: crappies, bluegills and one rock bass
Observations: The rice is not too healthy looking this year, it is really spotty. The bug hatch was really incredible last night, and of course along with the bugs came plenty of bats.
Tonight it as a flat head date with myself. I have not fished for them in probably two months. Bait catching was easy, but getting the right size was impossible. The bluegills were all magnums! I could not find any under 7.5”. I only had one bite and missed that one. I did try one of my main river spots but the current was too swift and the weeds were too numerous.
8-5-18
8-5-18 10am-1230pm
Where/What: Mississippi R. pool 7 bass fishing
Weather: (1053) E3, 77º, fair, 29.93 rising
H20: ?º, mostly clear, 6.34 falling, 50 kcfs
Caught: Approx. 5 LMB
Observations: What a difference a week on the river can look like. Any areas with current look fine, but the areas on the lake without flow are weed choked and almost stagnant.
The fishing was not too great today. I did have some action but nothing was consistent. I could not believe the number of bass fishermen in the Goose Lake area, something was definitely going on there. Lake area, something was definitely going on there.
Where/What: Mississippi R. pool 7 bass fishing
Weather: (1053) E3, 77º, fair, 29.93 rising
H20: ?º, mostly clear, 6.34 falling, 50 kcfs
Caught: Approx. 5 LMB
Observations: What a difference a week on the river can look like. Any areas with current look fine, but the areas on the lake without flow are weed choked and almost stagnant.
The fishing was not too great today. I did have some action but nothing was consistent. I could not believe the number of bass fishermen in the Goose Lake area, something was definitely going on there. Lake area, something was definitely going on there.
7-29-18 thru 8-4-18 Treeland's Resort
Where/What: Chippewa Foliage, Hayward, WI vacation at Treeland’s Resort
Weather: Sunny and 80º to rainy and 65º
H20: 69-78º, clear on east side but green on west side
Caught: Mostly LMB but a few pike and SMB’s mixed in
Observations: The flowage was down about 1-1 1/2 foot from normal summer pool. There was some aquatic vegetation but no way near what it was during the past years when we first started going there. There was very little mill foil and not much for lily pads either. The winter drawdown has really hammered the vegetation.
Once again the week in Hayward went by very fast. I actually missed a couple of days fishing this year. I started out the week kinda down on account of my daughter Autumn not being there. I mainly fish for bass but I did try a little walleye fishing; caught one 13”. I had planned to crappie fish some, but the reports were not good so I skipped the crappie fishing. I mainly fished for LMB and had a pretty decent time catching them on a frog. In fact I even caught some SMB on the frog.
The bar picture is of some of our friends having a good time in the bar. We did spend a fair number of evenings in the lodge enjoying ourselves.
7-27-18 6 pm-730 pm
Where/What: Mississippi R. pool 7 bass fishing
Weather: (approximate) sunny, 80º, calm
H20: 78º, mostly clear, 10 falling
Caught: Approx. 5 LMB, 1 SMB and 1 pike
Observations: The water is dropping rapidly now. It appears as if the persistent high water of this summer has taken its toll on the emergent aquatic vegetation. It is not looking to healthy and it is not very thick.
I should have been packing for our annual Hayward vacation, but I was instead fishing. I told Karen I was going to go out and catch a bass for our dinner. Besides I needed to have some fishing action before I went to Hayward, because I was not expecting much in there. I did catch my dinner bass in about five minutes. I got into a tight bunch of fish and the action was explosive! All the fish were caught on a frog.
Where/What: Mississippi R. pool 7 bass fishing
Weather: (approximate) sunny, 80º, calm
H20: 78º, mostly clear, 10 falling
Caught: Approx. 5 LMB, 1 SMB and 1 pike
Observations: The water is dropping rapidly now. It appears as if the persistent high water of this summer has taken its toll on the emergent aquatic vegetation. It is not looking to healthy and it is not very thick.
I should have been packing for our annual Hayward vacation, but I was instead fishing. I told Karen I was going to go out and catch a bass for our dinner. Besides I needed to have some fishing action before I went to Hayward, because I was not expecting much in there. I did catch my dinner bass in about five minutes. I got into a tight bunch of fish and the action was explosive! All the fish were caught on a frog.
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