5-30-2010 Sun

5-30-2010 Sun
8:00 AM-10:45 AM (Derek and Mark)
6:00 PM-12:00AM (Jake and Mark)

Weather: S9, partly sunny, 76°, 29.88 falling (9:05AM)
NW21, cloudy, 73°, 29.85 rising (10:05PM)

H2O: 64.15 falling, 36.6 kcfs, clear - Lake Onalaska
5.88 steady, 34.3 kcfs, clear - Winona

Caught : 1) Bluegills (6) 5-8", kept for flat head bait
2) Flatheads 10 lb - live bluegills
3) Channel Cat 6 lb, cut bait
4) Soft Shell Turtle - cut bait

Location: Mississippi R. Pool 7
Mississippi R. Pool 6

partners:

Derek and Mark C.
Jake and Mark T.

Comments

The day started out with me taking my nephews Derek and Mark out bluegill fishing. And we were very successful at it! The bluegills were in full spawn and very easy to locate and catch. I hope both boys had a good time. I really enjoy taking kids out and showing them what the river has to offer.
Later that day I went out cat fishing with co-worker Jake and his son Mark. The fishing was not fantastic but it was okay. It is a good thing I have started using a couple poles baited with cut bait instead of live bluegills, because all our fish came on cut bait. Also, tonight was the first time I have caught a feisty turtle.

5-28-2010 Fri

5-28-2010 Fri
6:30PM-1:30 AM

Weather: SE3, partly cloudy, 65°, 29.99 rising (close to full moon)

H2O: 3.54 falling, .768kcfs (Black R.) - it is too low for my big boat
640.44 falling, 41.2 kcfs, clear

Caught : 1) Bluegills (6) 5-8", kept for flat head bait
2) Flatheads (3), 5,8 & 24 lbs., live bluegills

Location: Lower stretches of Black R., and Mississippi R. - Pool 7

partners:

Jake T.

Comments

I was out to get Tupper a flathead tonight, and I succeeded. We started out fishing the lower stretches of the Black River. We caught a couple of fish on the black, but it was a mistake taking my boat up the river with it being so low. On the way out of the Black I got my boat hung-up on a stump and it took a half hour and the use of a lever to get us off. We also beached at another spot on the way out.
Jake caught flatheads, but he also had an unusual catch: a soft shell turtle, and it was in no mood to play!

5-27-2010 Thr

5-27-2010 THr
7:00PM-11:30PM

Weather: N3, clear, 62°, 30.08 rising

H2O: 640.65 falling, 44.4kcfs 74°, lake is very murky

Caught : 1) Bluegills (7) 5-8", kept for flat head bait
2) Channel Cat, 4 lbs., cut bait

Location: Mississippi R pool 7

partners:

Troy and Kurt

Comments

Tonight I was out cattin with Troy and Kurt. The fishing was not great, but we each did manage to catch one. I caught one channel cat and they each caught a smallish flathead.

5-26-2010 Wed

5-26-2010 Wed
6:15PM-7:40PM

Weather: N9, partley cloudy, 78°, 30.06 steady

H2O: 640.82 rising, 47kcfs 74°, lake is very murky

Caught : 1) LMB (2) 14,16", spinner bait

Location: Mississippi R pool 7 - Lake Onalaska

partners:

None

Comments

I fished for about an hour tonight on the lake and I was disgusted with the water quality. The mill foil is thick and everywhere and the water clarity is very poor.

5-20-2010 Thr

5-20-2010 Thr
7:00PM-10:00PM

Weather: ESE5, mostly cloudy, 70°, 29.92 steady

H2O: 641.45 falling, 55.7kcfs 67°, clear

Caught : 1) Bluegills (7) 5-7", --flat head bait

Location: Mississippi R pool 7 (south end)

partners:

None

Comments

I had heard rumors that the bluegills were spawning and I would be able to catch a lot of them for bait. Well it was not true. I found very little spawning activity, and they were very hard to catch. I believe the water temperature needs to rise another six degrees.
I caught no flat heads tonight; never even had a bite. The wind really came up and was whipping the water quite hard when I called it a night. I was very thankful that I had a large boat to take on the waves. Also the GPS sure helped me make it back to the landing in the rough turbulent night.

5-19-2010 Wed

5-19-2010 Wed
6:00PM-10:45PM

Weather: Calm, clear, 69°, 30.00 steady

H2O: 641.38 rising, 54.8kcfs ?°, lots of floating weeds

Caught : 1) LMB (2) 10 & 15", swim jig, in-line spinner

Location: Mississippi R pool 7

partners:

Troy

Comments

Tonight Troy picked me up at the boat landing with an ample supply of bait for flathead fishing. Troy had already been out for the past six hours pike and bluegill fishing. Since we had enough bluegills for bait, we tried our hand at some more pike fishing.
We did catch a couple of pike and bass, but they came sparingly. The flat heads also proved to be rather elusive. We fished two different spots and only caught one flat head.

5-16-2010 Sun

5-16-2010 Sun
7:30PM-11:30PM

Weather: E3, mostly cloudy, 62°, 30.14 steady

H2O: 4.82 falling, 1.88kcfs // 640.55 rising, 42.9 kcfs, 63°

Caught : 1) Bluegills (6) 6-7" - used for bait
2) Channel Cat 11 lb 5oz - blue gill
3) Flat Head (2) 30 lb 4oz, 8 lb 10 oz - blue gill


Location: Mississippi R and tributaries - pool 7

partners:

None

Comments

Tonight was my first night of catting for the season. I was hopping to catch at least one cat, but I was surprised to catch three. I had planned to use suckers for bait, but the chain sporting goods store had none and the local shop was charging three bucks apiece for the rubber lipped cat magnets. I felt like I was being gouged, but I reluctantly bought three. I rounded out my weapons stockpile by catching a half dozen bluegills that were a little bigger than I prefer.
The first spot produced almost immediate action, with a very healthy channel cat. An hour later I had my second fish; a beauty of a flat head in the thirty pound class. After a couple of hours I moved to another location and was rewarded with an eight pounder.
My maiden cat outing was very successful and I did not even forget any important gear!