4/14 to 4/16

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              A few friends and I floated from Hazelgreen to Mitschele over the weekend.  Water was 62 degrees and I could see bottom in about 3 FOW.  It was a little warm for camping, but still tolerable.  Friday afternoon I even went for a swim.  Fishing was surprisingly tough as I had high expectations.  I only caught 6 bass on Friday, 8 on Saturday, and only 1 on Sunday before take out, although Sunday was 30 degrees colder than Friday and Saturday so I didn't really fish much.  Despite the low numbers, most of the bass 15-17 inches.  One of the guys I was with caught 2 - 18inch smallies, but otherwise also found it slow as well.  He was throwing a jig and a spook mostly, I was throwing all kinds of different stuff, but did best with a jerkbait and shad rap 5.  I did catch a few on keitech, a worm, and a jig as well.  I didn't see any fish up shallow, or on beds or anything, and almost everything we caught was in bluff holes, or steeper chunk rock banks.   We rode out a pretty wicked line of storms on saturday afternoon, but found a nice undercut bluff and stayed out of the rain (and hail) the entire time. 

 

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Nice report and pictures.  Not sure why the fishing wasn't better.  Maybe falling river levels combined with storm front coming in?  I don't know.  I'm not crazy about that stretch, though I've only fished it once.

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29 minutes ago, ColdWaterFshr said:

Nice report and pictures.  Not sure why the fishing wasn't better.  Maybe falling river levels combined with storm front coming in?  I don't know.  I'm not crazy about that stretch, though I've only fished it once.

Its possible that the fishing was great, but the fishermen suck. 🤣