Lots of Bait Pods showing up!!

Lots of bait starting to show up upstream. The last few nights that I have been out you can see a lot of small minnows getting hammered by just about everything.

River is at 675.3′ (this is the normal summer time pool elevation so water is low in spots) and the water temp is a warm 83 degrees. There is a fair amount of backwater crud and a lot of grass floating in the current right now. That recent rain must have busted a lot of junk loose in the backwaters.

Looks like the usual summertime bait pods are starting to show and they have most everything else chasing them. When the water is flat calm you can just look up the river and watch the fish chasing minnows. I pulled one nice 26″ channel cat and missed two last night dragging cut bait. This is a great time of year when the bait pods start to show – seems a little early this year.

Yep! Made it out tonight with the fam from the Bluffs, after hitting the channel side of the Kinni beach for kid swimming, we had to go to the back side to get away from the other ‘adults’ teaching their kids the f’ing heimer and how to make anatomically correct sand people while said adults took pictures of such doing non-kid friendly poses. Ah well. The back side was nice and quiet, river is low, shined up both props a bit, but that’s ok, they needed it. So as we’re sitting on the beach eating Jimmy Johns, of course I’m watching the water, calm at times, bait coming out being chased often. As we pushed off, I said guys, toss out your lines, reel quick, keep them on top. Cast after cast the whities were nailing the boys, man is that fun for the kids and dad and mom too, the lucky boy even boated a real nice smally, even a better smally (4-5pd) that he decide to hand line in for some reason? Nice night out there, follow the ripples and birds, never did boat a gator or a saug or cat, but that’s ok too. The wife and I agreed to take some early days during the week rather than fight the party crowds during the weekends, good advice!

And yes, I know by the picture you guys know where we were at, if you look hard you can see a train bridge in the background. Squint your eyes and look left. Really left.

Neighbor when you gonna learn that spot, the train bridge is to the very far right not the left ….

I was trying to confuse people so they wouldn’t know where we at! Way to blow my spot Wade!

okay so I got everyone confused the train bridge is right behind the island filled trees dead ahead!

I called in with fish-itis again Friday, I’ll go down there and check it out just to be sure and post again then. I thought it was left. Really.

good luck tomorrow Czech — I’ll have to find you this weekend and finally meet and maybe exchange a couple over your secret spot

Jeez! Who messed with my clocks! Never thought it took this long to tie up some three ways and watch River Monsters! I better get my sorry skinny butt to bed, apologies Steve for hijacking this thread, and I don’t even know where that darn bridge is. Has anyone seen the bridge? Wade, swing by anytime, if I’m not on the water, I’m in the giant pumpkin patch in back!

Bob

Great day, although it went down hill the later it got, busy. The fish were so lock lipped this morning, I lost the wonder boy. We left some brats on the grill for you guys. Time for a shower and a cold bevie!

Bob — Still looks like a better day then being in the office!

Wade

ps where you able to locate that bridge?