Day 287 1-30-2010 Sat 78 to go

Day 287-78 to go
1-30-10 Sat
4:30PM-6:00PM

Weather: NNW3, most cloudy, 17°, 30.20 falling

Water conditions: 4.96’, falling, 18.6 kcfs, clear, 18"

Location

Mississippi R, Pool 8- French Slough

Caught

1. Crappie 10”, minnow

partners
None

Comments

Tonight was the first time for me dead-sticking for crappies. Dead sticking is a fishing technique of suspending a minnow in the water column where the crappies are cruising. No action of the bait is necessary; the minnow does all the attracting.
I managed to catch one crappie. I did have some other hits, but they never took the bait enough to get hooked. I also had one powerful fish break my line. I suspect this fish was a northern