Rain Fall

Water is high, but ramps are open,

so where are the smallies biteing on wing dams or in backwaters what kind of water temp is going on in pool 5. can you safely run up into that pomme de Terre slough area and is there any good fishing in there

Tournaments are starting now and guys are going to be tight lipped including myself. And I don’t think anyone has really been on fish much yet, just getting started late this year. By next weekend we’ll know more.

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so where are the smallies biteing on wing dams or in backwaters what kind of water temp is going on in pool 5. can you safely run up into that pomme de Terre slough area and is there any good fishing in there

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Yes to all of the above.

You can safely run anywhere in the river now.

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so where are the smallies biteing on wing dams or in backwaters what kind of water temp is going on in pool 5. can you safely run up into that pomme de Terre slough area and is there any good fishing in there

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Ill be able to tell you in about 24 hours although I hear the wind is supposed to be a hoot tomorrow … oh well it beats 31 and flurries

gusts 40-45. have fun

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gusts 40-45. have fun

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Here’s my scrawny butt trying to stand up in the wind on tuesday.. not too fun

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Here’s my scrawny butt trying to stand up in the wind on tuesday.. not too fun

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At least you were catching fish!! You could have been sitting in “cube-land” with me

looks like you got one how many more did you catch and was it off of that tree what water temp did you find good job

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looks like you got one how many more did you catch and was it off of that tree what water temp did you find good job

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A little punctuation (.,? etc) would help answer your questions better but Ill give it a shot…

Water temps were 48-50 however this community spot will be a little warmer than most of the river I suspect. I fished “around” wood I guess, but not exactly in the wood. I fished from 3-530 and had 4 fish , all dinks

Fished 5 today for a little while. Water was cold, warmest I found was 45, with most around 40-41. Tried for smallmouth to begin the day with little success so I switched to largemouth and found a few. This was the biggest around 17.5..with not much of a belly though. As you can see in the picture, I was on a Michelin pattern .

Nice fish!

That’s a tough pattern to stay on top of.

I got out on 5 Saturday as well. I fished for smallies and only got 4 fish in about 9 hard hours. Size was very good though 3 of the fish were over 3 pounds and the other was probably 2 1/2. I found water temps in my areas between 42 and 45 degrees. With the high water and flow they were relating to more moderate current and jerkbaits fished slowly were the ticket for me.

Matt

Matt, I think I saw you putting in on Sat. You have a purple or blue basscat I think??? I was in the red coat with a blue Ranger. Next time, Ill introduce myself.

I spent some time Sunday looking for smallies for a bit, but couldnt get anything. I think I was fishing too fast in too fast of water. As soon as the fog lifted, I was able to get some nice largemouth. One 19 and one 16.5 with a few more 12-14 inchers in the mix. I mostly alternated between a senko and a tube fished slow, painfully slow. I think Ill take up smoking so I have something to do while my tube sits on the bottom. I have some more camera phone pics, Ill try and attach later.

Water is still cold. Warmest I found by 5 p.m. on Sunday was about 47. It sure was nice to get that first sunburn on my nose for the year.

That doesn’t look like a tube OR a senko…

I knew someone would comment on that. I had about 6 rods on the deck at that point and that one just happened to get in the picture. I assure you that specfic fish came on a tube .

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I assure you that specfic fish came on a tube .

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I think i have some tubes that look like that too… But I think mine were called brush hogs
Some nice looking fish though

nice fish! that is some pretty chilly water you guys have up that way..Down here i spent the day in 51-56 degree water with one area hitting 61!

However, you’re doing better than me in that cold water!

Does anyone know of a website to find the amount of rain that actually did fall and when for certain areas? I went through a bunch of pages that came up when I googled “accumulated rainfall mn” but was unable to find any real info. I just want to take notes and keep track of what my foodplots are getting in order to make better decisions in the future. Thanks for any responses.

If you go onto weather.com and enter in a zip code for the area. Once your weather location appears, there’s a tab for “Yesterday” weather. Click on that and it gives you totals for the previous day and for the entire month.

perfect and easy, thanks for the help.

Also try wunderground.com (weather underground)… I find that site generally more informative than most others…

maybe not as easy, but I feel as accurate as any… http://www.nws.noaa.gov click on the interactive map of your area… then click on the next interactive map of your locale, on the next page on the right hand side will be current conditions and under that is yesterday’s weather… Below that are the current conditions and just above the radar is the 3 day history.

Mark