Norm M Posted June 2, 2015 Posted June 2, 2015 River is still rising , over 12,000 cfs. no visibility, didn't bother with water temps. A lot of big wood and other debris headed downstream . The good news is that the water willow is developed enough to hold all sorts of food and the predators that follow . Weather warmed as the day went on, bit windy . I covered a lot of water, no other fisherman out . Well, they missed a fantastic day of fishing . Why so many think you can't catch fish in these conditions is beyond me. It's actually easier location wise. You can eliminate at least 95 % of the river from consideration . Well , unless you try boating, which would be crazier than anything I'd try with all that stuff in the water. Consider how much of the food and predators are in well defined easily accessible areas from shore . I had the waders on but most of the fishing was done from shore. I only waded out enough to get better casting angles in the types of spots I know from decades of experience are safe to do so. If it wasn't safe and I couldn't get the casting angle I wanted, I simply moved on. A 3/8 oz chatterbait with a 6 inch Kalins musky twister tail was the most productive lure. The 4 inch Charlie Brewer twister and assorted buzzfrogs were also used as trailers. The only other lure I used was a 5 inch swimbait on a 5/0 ewg hook weightlees . Most of the fish came from flooded water willow beds, Smallmouth bass, largemouth bass and channel cats in the willows. I got some on the chatterbait around bridge pilings, around rock bluffs and on the mudline on a crick. I got some gar on the swimbait a little up the crick from the mudline. 3 gar landed , 7 hit, lost two swimbaits. 3 smallmouth at the mudline on the chatterbait. 2 smallmouth on the chatterbait at the bridge pilings. 7 smallmouth on chatterbait around the bluffs. 17 channelcats on the chatterbait in the willows. 2 largemouth on the chatterbait in the willows. 28 smallmouth on the chatterbait in the willows . 62 fish total ranging in size from small to very large . An excellent day in any conditions to my way of thinking Bird Watcher and Terrierman 2 what a long strange trip it's been , put a dip in your hip, a glide in your stride and come on to the mother ship , the learning never ends
Terrierman Posted June 2, 2015 Posted June 2, 2015 River is still rising , over 12,000 cfs. no visibility, didn't bother with water temps. A lot of big wood and other debris headed downstream . The good news is that the water willow is developed enough to hold all sorts of food and the predators that follow . Weather warmed as the day went on, bit windy . I covered a lot of water, no other fisherman out . Well, they missed a fantastic day of fishing . Why so many think you can't catch fish in these conditions is beyond me. It's actually easier location wise. You can eliminate at least 95 % of the river from consideration . Well , unless you try boating, which would be crazier than anything I'd try with all that stuff in the water. Consider how much of the food and predators are in well defined easily accessible areas from shore . I had the waders on but most of the fishing was done from shore. I only waded out enough to get better casting angles in the types of spots I know from decades of experience are safe to do so. If it wasn't safe and I couldn't get the casting angle I wanted, I simply moved on. A 3/8 oz chatterbait with a 6 inch Kalins musky twister tail was the most productive lure. The 4 inch Charlie Brewer twister and assorted buzzfrogs were also used as trailers. The only other lure I used was a 5 inch swimbait on a 5/0 ewg hook weightlees . Most of the fish came from flooded water willow beds, Smallmouth bass, largemouth bass and channel cats in the willows. I got some on the chatterbait around bridge pilings, around rock bluffs and on the mudline on a crick. I got some gar on the swimbait a little up the crick from the mudline. 3 gar landed , 7 hit, lost two swimbaits. 3 smallmouth at the mudline on the chatterbait. 2 smallmouth on the chatterbait at the bridge pilings. 7 smallmouth on chatterbait around the bluffs. 17 channelcats on the chatterbait in the willows. 2 largemouth on the chatterbait in the willows. 28 smallmouth on the chatterbait in the willows . 62 fish total ranging in size from small to very large . An excellent day in any conditions to my way of thinking you are not the average guy. kudos de maximus
Norm M Posted June 2, 2015 Author Posted June 2, 2015 I fish more than the average guy, time on the water helps considerably. I can't wait for retirement to come . what a long strange trip it's been , put a dip in your hip, a glide in your stride and come on to the mother ship , the learning never ends
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