River Report 3/19. WINDY!

[snagged in outlet 3]

Got on the water around 10.  WT 55.  Slightly muddy to murky.  Bummer.  Ran about 6 miles and fished back to the ramp.   Clouds, wind driven riffles and recent high water made it tough to see where to go since the river changes.  I dinged around a bit heading up.  
 

Jig and crank did the damage.  Couldn’t fish anything else with the wind.  And I mean WIND!!!!!   I left at 2 and had a really good day.  A bunch up to 15”, couple 16’s and 17’s and an 18”.   Lost a really big one because I didn’t get off spot lock.   By the time I realized how big it was it was too late. 🤷‍♂️. The first heavy black line is 15” second one is 20”.   Pics for @Johnsfolly😁

 

[BilletHead]

31 minutes ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

Got on the water around 10.  WT 55.  Slightly muddy to murky.  Bummer.  Ran about 6 miles and fished back to the ramp.   Clouds, wind driven riffles and recent high water made it tough to see where to go since the river changes.  I dinged around a bit heading up.  
 

Jig and crank did the damage.  Couldn’t fish anything else with the wind.  And I mean WIND!!!!!   I left at 2 and had a really good day.  A bunch up to 15”, couple 16’s and 17’s and an 18”.   Lost a really big one because I didn’t get off spot lock.   By the time I realized how big it was it was too late. 🤷‍♂️. The first heavy black line is 15” second one is 20”.   Pics for @Johnsfolly😁

 

                Darned the weather you did good Pete!

[Quillback]

That's great Pete!  

[Dutch]

Good outing there Pete.  What river?

[Foghorn]

Atta boy Pete!

[snagged in outlet 3]

3 hours ago, Quillback said:

That's great Pete!  

I think I'm going again tomorrow even though it has the wind symbol on my weather app.  Local weather said gusts were up to 50 MPH yesterday!

[basska]

15 hours ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

Got on the water around 10.  WT 55.  Slightly muddy to murky.  Bummer.  Ran about 6 miles and fished back to the ramp.   Clouds, wind driven riffles and recent high water made it tough to see where to go since the river changes.  I dinged around a bit heading up.  
 

Jig and crank did the damage.  Couldn’t fish anything else with the wind.  And I mean WIND!!!!!   I left at 2 and had a really good day.  A bunch up to 15”, couple 16’s and 17’s and an 18”.   Lost a really big one because I didn’t get off spot lock.   By the time I realized how big it was it was too late. 🤷‍♂️. The first heavy black line is 15” second one is 20”.   Pics for @Johnsfolly😁

 

Really can't get much better than that. Cranks and swimbaits seem to be what I'm hearing the most positives about. In a couple weeks I will try some small Osage tribs to see if they have moved back up there...

[Quillback]

1 hour ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

I think I'm going again tomorrow even though it has the wind symbol on my weather app.  Local weather said gusts were up to 50 MPH yesterday!

I don't like fishing in high winds, so it looks like my next opportunity will be Saturday, probably will fish the dam end of Beaver and see if the lake smallies are getting feisty.

[snagged in outlet 3]

1 hour ago, Quillback said:

I don't like fishing in high winds, so it looks like my next opportunity will be Saturday, probably will fish the dam end of Beaver and see if the lake smallies are getting feisty.

It was unbelievable.   Blew me right off spot lock like it was nothing.  

[Quillback]

9 minutes ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

It was unbelievable.   Blew me right off spot lock like it was nothing.  

Check this out, wind on Ray Roberts on one of the practice days for the Classic this week.  (You can X out of the Milliken pop-up)

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