day 303 2-15-2010 mon 62 to go

Day 303-62 to go
2-15-10 Mon
5:30PM-6:45PM

Weather: NW12, overcast, 26°, 29.93 rising

Water conditions: 4.96’, rising, 18.6 kcfs, clear, 16"

Location: Mississippi R, Pool 8-Dresbach dam (short
wall)
Caught

1. Saugers (3) 10-11", jigging rapala

partners

None

Comments

You have probably heard the term hot pockets but how about fish pockets. As I was walking out to fish another fisherman was walking off the ice with his pockets full of nice walleyes and saugers.
As usual I caught two right at sunset and after that it was pretty slow.
On my walk off the ice I was stopped by a very excited fisherman. He told me that he had just lost a huge sturgeon. He said he saw its huge head at the bottom of the hole and then it broke his line. He was very excited but disappointed that he was unable to land the trophy!