6-27-2013 Thr. 5:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Weather:
(2053) NW 5, clear, 75 ˚, 29.77 steady
H2O:
9.95 rising, 85.1 kcfs, clear, 78 ˚
Location:
Mississippi R. Pool 8 (Black river)
Caught:
Nothing
Partners:
Ben (Holmen Co-worker)
Comments:
I had not fished with Ben since last year, and he had wanted to get together and do some fishing. Ben had also purchased a different boat this spring and I think he had wanted to take me out in his new water craft. I struggle and have a hard time fishing out of someone else’s boat. When it comes to fishing I have a very hard time taking a back seat and going along for the ride.
Tonight the fishing was absolutely horrible, I did miss a couple of fish but I never did bring one into the boat. We targeted the Black River, because it was relatively clean, while the rest of the river was quite dirty. We fished mainly deep rock bank areas and flooded timber. It was tough!
Observations:
The water in the Black was relatively clear, but there was absolutely no fish activity.
Sunday, June 30, 2013
6-26-13 Wed
6-26-2013 Wed 7:00 PM – 11:15 PM
Weather:
Approximation: calm, clear, 80 ˚
H2O:
9.82 rising, 84.7 kcfs, mostly dirty, 76 ˚
Location:
Mississippi R. Pool 8
Caught:
Bait: bluegills, crappies and perch. Flat heads: 6 & 13 Lbs.
Partners:
Scott
Comments:
Since I had gotten rained out on my last flat head fishing trip on Pool eight a little over a week ago I have been anxious to get back. The bait catching was once again relatively easy. The bluegills were quite active, although not concentrated in any one spot.
The first spot we fished was French slough and this is where we caught both of the flat heads. The second spot we went to was the East Channel, but the floating weeds continuously fouled our lines. We made a last ditch effort to fish French Slough during moon rise but the fish did not cooperate.
Observations:
The water is still very high and rising; it is also dirty with plenty of weed fouling our lines.
Weather:
Approximation: calm, clear, 80 ˚
H2O:
9.82 rising, 84.7 kcfs, mostly dirty, 76 ˚
Location:
Mississippi R. Pool 8
Caught:
Bait: bluegills, crappies and perch. Flat heads: 6 & 13 Lbs.
Partners:
Scott
Comments:
Since I had gotten rained out on my last flat head fishing trip on Pool eight a little over a week ago I have been anxious to get back. The bait catching was once again relatively easy. The bluegills were quite active, although not concentrated in any one spot.
The first spot we fished was French slough and this is where we caught both of the flat heads. The second spot we went to was the East Channel, but the floating weeds continuously fouled our lines. We made a last ditch effort to fish French Slough during moon rise but the fish did not cooperate.
Observations:
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
6-24-13 Mon
6-24-2013 Mon 6:00 PM – 9 PM
Weather:
(1853) SE 5, clear, 72 ˚, 29.85 steady
H2O:
9.45 rising, 85.1 kcfs, mostly dirty except for the channel and the areas by the dredge holes on the lake, 75 ˚
Location:
Mississippi R. Pool 7
Caught:
1 – 28” pike
Partners:
none
Comments:
It was time to get back out pike and bass fishing. The water has turned very muddy from all the recent rains, so I was not expecting too much action. My intuition was right; it was a struggle to find any action. I did catch the one decent pike, missed several other fish while throwing a buzz bait, and snapped my line setting the hook on a pike that was probably around the mid thirty inch range.
Observations:
The water is very dirty except for a few areas around the dredge holes on the lake and the channel behind the house.
Weather:
(1853) SE 5, clear, 72 ˚, 29.85 steady
H2O:
9.45 rising, 85.1 kcfs, mostly dirty except for the channel and the areas by the dredge holes on the lake, 75 ˚
Location:
Mississippi R. Pool 7
Caught:
1 – 28” pike
Partners:
none
Comments:
It was time to get back out pike and bass fishing. The water has turned very muddy from all the recent rains, so I was not expecting too much action. My intuition was right; it was a struggle to find any action. I did catch the one decent pike, missed several other fish while throwing a buzz bait, and snapped my line setting the hook on a pike that was probably around the mid thirty inch range.
Observations:
The water is very dirty except for a few areas around the dredge holes on the lake and the channel behind the house.
6-23-13 Sun
Weather:
(2153) S 8, clear, 75 ˚, 29.90 rising
H2O:
8.54 rising, 76.6 kcfs, somewhat clear, 75 ˚
Location:
Mississippi R. Pool 7
Caught:
Bait: bluegills, crappies and perch, flat heads: 28, 13 & 10
Partners:
Scott
Comments:
I was very anxious to get out tonight, especially since my trip last night never happened. Also, we are in a full moon phase and moon rise was around 9 PM. If there was one thing I wanted to do tonight, I wanted to be set up and fishing flat heads before moon rise.
We started out catching bait in the channel and that was not very good. We did catch some but it was not very spectacular. I suggested we fish the man-made islands out in the middle of the lake, because I knew around this time of year the fish would be out there taking advantage of the may fly hatch that although very limited had started for the season. The rocks ended up being a good choice, once again the fish were not thick, but they were plentiful enough.
Scott was driving and it was his call as to where we fished. He was pretty indecisive, but I told him he better make up his mind quickly, because I did not want to miss fishing moon rise. Scott took a chance and really surprised me by picking a spot he had never fished before. It paid off. We caught three fish in a very short time span. We continued to fish the spot about another thirty minutes after the last fish came to the boat and never even had another bite. The second and last spot we fished for about forty minutes and never had a bite. I think this second spot had too much current and besides the current there were a lot of debris: weeds and stick fouling our lines.
Observations:
The water is going up, but I was surprised that it was still not too terribly dirty. The reed canary grass is starting to flower and some of the rice is now standing up out of the water. Scott's large flat head was slightly beat up; an indication to me that they are starting to spawn.
6-22-13 Sat
6-22-2013 Sat. 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Weather:
(2053) Stormy, E8 thunder storms, rain, wind, etc., 68 ˚, 29.88 rising
H2O:
8.23 falling, 74.2 kcfs, dingy, 76 ˚
Location:
Mississippi R. Upper pool 8
Caught:
Bait: bluegills, crappies and white bass
Partners:
John and Brady Riek
Comments:
John and his son had wanted to get out with me flat head fishing, and tonight was the night. Unfortunately the weather was very uncooperative. We had gotten chased off the water twice while catching our bait, and after the second time we never did get back out on the water to fish. That night it stormed from around 930 PM till around 8 AM on Sunday morning.
Our bait catching did not go too bad; we started out fishing in the Dresbach Bay just opposite the wall in the flooded bushes. We caught a few gills here and there and also a few white bass, but the best spot was the bay below the I90 Bridge on the Minnesota side.
Observations:
The water is pretty dingy and very high right now.
Weather:
(2053) Stormy, E8 thunder storms, rain, wind, etc., 68 ˚, 29.88 rising
H2O:
8.23 falling, 74.2 kcfs, dingy, 76 ˚
Location:
Mississippi R. Upper pool 8
Caught:
Bait: bluegills, crappies and white bass
Partners:
John and Brady Riek
Comments:
John and his son had wanted to get out with me flat head fishing, and tonight was the night. Unfortunately the weather was very uncooperative. We had gotten chased off the water twice while catching our bait, and after the second time we never did get back out on the water to fish. That night it stormed from around 930 PM till around 8 AM on Sunday morning.
Our bait catching did not go too bad; we started out fishing in the Dresbach Bay just opposite the wall in the flooded bushes. We caught a few gills here and there and also a few white bass, but the best spot was the bay below the I90 Bridge on the Minnesota side.
Observations:
The water is pretty dingy and very high right now.
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
6-18-13 Tue
6-18-2013 Tue. 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Weather:
(1453) SE9, clear, 76 ˚, 30.06 falling
H2O:
8.2 falling, 74 kcfs, dingy (except Black R. is clear), 76 ˚
Location:
Mississippi R. Upper pool 7
Caught:
approx. 8 LMB 13 – 17”, SMB 17”, 1 pike 22”
Partners:
none
Comments:
What a beautiful day: sunny, calm and mid- seventies. I had a very hard time deciding where to fish today, my heart was telling me to go north up towards Fountain City or Alma, but I decided I would stay on the home waters and fish some new water on the upper end of the pool. I trailered the boat and started out fishing Round Lake. I was very surprised that the water was quite dingy in there. In fact it was dirty everywhere except where the Black River was dumping in. Besides Round Lake I also fished up at the dam, the spillway and main channel areas, I never had a bite nor saw any fish activity in areas with dingy water. I ended up going back to the vicinity of the areas where I have been catching bass the previous couple of days and I did okay. I did not see much chasing going on, but it was mid-day and sunny. Most of the fish I caught came off a frog in some pretty heavy cover. I also caught fish on a Pop-R, buzz bait and Senko.
Observations:
The Bassmaster Elite Pros are all over the area up by Big Marsh. I had to have seen at least ten different ones up in this area. It is quite strange seeing these guys everywhere; they are fishing some areas that very rarely if ever get fished.
Weather:
(1453) SE9, clear, 76 ˚, 30.06 falling
H2O:
8.2 falling, 74 kcfs, dingy (except Black R. is clear), 76 ˚
Location:
Mississippi R. Upper pool 7
Caught:
approx. 8 LMB 13 – 17”, SMB 17”, 1 pike 22”
Partners:
none
Comments:
What a beautiful day: sunny, calm and mid- seventies. I had a very hard time deciding where to fish today, my heart was telling me to go north up towards Fountain City or Alma, but I decided I would stay on the home waters and fish some new water on the upper end of the pool. I trailered the boat and started out fishing Round Lake. I was very surprised that the water was quite dingy in there. In fact it was dirty everywhere except where the Black River was dumping in. Besides Round Lake I also fished up at the dam, the spillway and main channel areas, I never had a bite nor saw any fish activity in areas with dingy water. I ended up going back to the vicinity of the areas where I have been catching bass the previous couple of days and I did okay. I did not see much chasing going on, but it was mid-day and sunny. Most of the fish I caught came off a frog in some pretty heavy cover. I also caught fish on a Pop-R, buzz bait and Senko.
Observations:
The Bassmaster Elite Pros are all over the area up by Big Marsh. I had to have seen at least ten different ones up in this area. It is quite strange seeing these guys everywhere; they are fishing some areas that very rarely if ever get fished.
6-17-13 Mon.
6-17-2013 Mon. 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Weather:
(1953) N6, clear, 77 ˚, 29.89 rising
H2O:
8.23 falling, 74.2 kcfs, dingy (except Black R. is clear), 75 ˚
Location:
Mississippi R. pool 7
Caught:
approx. 15 LMB 12 – 19”, approx. 8 SMB 14 – 18”, 1 – 13” walleye
Partners:
none
Comments:
I had planned on walleye fishing till dark, and I did start out walleye fishing, but after about an hour I decided it was futile. My own personal feeling on walleye fishing is it is boring ninety five percent of the time, But I had a guy that had won a donated trip and he wanted to fish for walleyes tomorrow. About eight o’clock I got a message from him that he would be unable to make it tomorrow and we would have to re-schedule; pissed me off!! I am done donating anymore trips; it is too much of a hassle.
Since my trip was cancelled I decided to go target the bass I had seen chasing minnows. What a wise choice that turned out to be. I had lots of action and caught some very big fish, both largemouth and small mouths. The large mouths were relating close to the grass banks and the smallmouths were out on the sand drops. I would have to alternate baits after every couple of fish, but they were very aggressive right up until dark. Once again a Pop-R worked very well along with a Zara Puppy and a Senko. I did have a first; I caught a walleye on a Pop-R.
Observations:
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The bass were once again feeding very heavily on the pike minnows. I had thought there would be a very good year class of pike on account of the high water we have had this spring, and from what I am seeing that is just what we have.
Weather:
(1953) N6, clear, 77 ˚, 29.89 rising
H2O:
8.23 falling, 74.2 kcfs, dingy (except Black R. is clear), 75 ˚
Location:
Mississippi R. pool 7
Caught:
approx. 15 LMB 12 – 19”, approx. 8 SMB 14 – 18”, 1 – 13” walleye
Partners:
none
Comments:
I had planned on walleye fishing till dark, and I did start out walleye fishing, but after about an hour I decided it was futile. My own personal feeling on walleye fishing is it is boring ninety five percent of the time, But I had a guy that had won a donated trip and he wanted to fish for walleyes tomorrow. About eight o’clock I got a message from him that he would be unable to make it tomorrow and we would have to re-schedule; pissed me off!! I am done donating anymore trips; it is too much of a hassle.
Since my trip was cancelled I decided to go target the bass I had seen chasing minnows. What a wise choice that turned out to be. I had lots of action and caught some very big fish, both largemouth and small mouths. The large mouths were relating close to the grass banks and the smallmouths were out on the sand drops. I would have to alternate baits after every couple of fish, but they were very aggressive right up until dark. Once again a Pop-R worked very well along with a Zara Puppy and a Senko. I did have a first; I caught a walleye on a Pop-R.
Observations:
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