Pool 4 report…4/10-4/12

  • tom_gursky
    Michigan's Upper Peninsula(Iron Mountain)
    Posts: 4751
    April 14, 2018 at 11:01 am #1767701

    This was my 61st excursion to the P-4 sacred waters from da U P )
    Four experienced walleye nuts fished hard for three days… coldest mid April water temps I’ve ever seen, hampered by sub normal flow through the dam…No shad evident, and very few male walleye… We caught one milking male. It is our practice to release fish over 20″. We caught 13-14 walleye from 21-23″(obvious spawners) which were released…we each kept a few 18-20″ fish…all but one was a female, although they didnt show it… eggs were firm and still no distended bellies on them. Only 1 Sauger was caught…a 19 incher.
    Most of our fish were caught on plastics or hair jigs in 12-17 fow. Good to see some fish trying to spawn but the cold temps will greatly impair egg development and success…This is happening allover the northern midwest… Gatenbein Lake still frozen over made thing even tougher. Good to see some old friends…We,ll be back in November!

    #alxrods

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    Denny O
    Central IOWA
    Posts: 5811
    April 14, 2018 at 1:37 pm #1767742

    Thanks Tom, I’m heading up there for the very first time mid week.

    tom_gursky
    Michigan's Upper Peninsula(Iron Mountain)
    Posts: 4751
    April 14, 2018 at 5:37 pm #1767803
    Denny O wrote:

    Thanks Tom, I’m heading up there for the very first time mid week.

    The snow may help flow but Pool 4 desperately needs warmer water…. Use your sonar to find fish and use slow presentations… Good Luck!

    basseyes
    Posts: 2493
    April 14, 2018 at 5:55 pm #1767806

    Always enjoy your reports, thanks for posting.

    tom_gursky
    Michigan's Upper Peninsula(Iron Mountain)
    Posts: 4751
    April 14, 2018 at 6:29 pm #1767817
    basseyes wrote:

    Always enjoy your reports, thanks for posting.

    Thank You )

    peter_jonas
    Posts: 15
    April 14, 2018 at 11:03 pm #1767869

    Great to hear you came down south, but now you can take the U.P. weather back with ya.

    Steven Krapfl
    Springville, Iowa
    Posts: 1718
    April 15, 2018 at 12:35 am #1767880

    Congrats on grinding through and getting into some. The bite on the pools south of 4 have been tough. Pools 10, 11, and 12 right now are terrible, nothing going on and real low flow. What was the water temp on pool 4 when you were up there?

    Morel King
    PLAINVIEW MN
    Posts: 522
    April 15, 2018 at 7:09 am #1767910

    Steve how’s the wapsi bite been?

    clawman
    Spokane Wa
    Posts: 118
    April 17, 2018 at 1:48 pm #1768594

    What is the water temp?

    tom_gursky
    Michigan's Upper Peninsula(Iron Mountain)
    Posts: 4751
    April 17, 2018 at 4:10 pm #1768651
    clawman wrote:

    What is the water temp?

    last week it was 35-37 degrees below the Dam

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