Flag Day Report on the Upper End

[vernon]

1 hour ago, 176champion said:

Pig Latin.. Vernon...lol

Ooeysay!

Is that right? I'm not from around here......

[jim m]

yup arkansas latin for  sure and champ has a phd in it,  but that is a dandy red ear

[dan hufferd]

On 6/14/2017 at 0:59 PM, rps said:

The Holiday Island Rotary Club sponsors a program under which homeowners can pay a small monthly fee, and on all national holidays Rotary comes out and puts up a flag. The proceeds benefit college scholarships for local students. Nancy and I happily participate.

Today, the weather gods obviously wanted the flags to straighten up and fly right. The wind was considerably stronger than what the national weather service told me to expect. Fishing alone in my tin boat was a challenge.

Water temp was 79 degrees and water color remains green with maybe 3 feet visibility.

The fish have moved off the pattern I have fished over the last 10 days. I caught nothing on the edge of the flooded brush. The fish I did find were all short of keeper size and sat in 13 to 17 feet of water on points or humps.

I soon tired of fighting the wind and switched to dragging a worm harness for walleye. I caught more short bass and three not quite legal walleye in that same depth range.

The only remarkable thing I caught is pictured below.

 

A couple years ago my friend Steve and I caught several large sunfish in October in 35 feet of water dragging a harness. Very near the place you and I met last. 

I am going to try to take my grandson there tomorrow, do you think it will be any good?

[rps]

Probably, but start at 12 to 15 feet and move out until you find fish. Along that long stretch there are several hump/fingers that point to the channel. Find those and focus there.