I made it out from 3-8 pm yesterday on pool 2. Initialy went down for a fun trip, or *anything that wants to bite*. I ran up to the Ford dam 1st, the current is really fast right now, but the current seam is excellent on the lock side right now. It didnt take long to notice someone was sitting in the spot I intended to fish. Thy were trowing chartreuce jigs tipped with a fathead and getting a ton of action fo a good period of time. Walleyes, smallies, lots of crappies, and a sheephead or carp here and there. The walleyes appeared to be decent males from that spot, no really big fish.
I started with fishing cats, but everything caught was small so we switched gears to jigging. Our results were very limited with no bait to tip the hook with. We ran down river and fish a few more spots and managed a couple decent males, but the current was so fast it was really difficult to work the shorelines with a jig. Getting frustrated, and close to the end of the trip(boat lights burnt out), I decided to pull some cranks for the heck of it. I dont think my line was in 30 seconds and I already had a big fish on. That fish got off the line, but my partners rod bent over when I was fighting my fish with a 22″ eye. A few minutes later I hit a 20″ walleye, and soon after that we got a 26.5″ walleye.
The fish were in very fast water not too far from the confluence. 6′-10′ is where we were hitting fish. The cranks had to be tuned perfectly to make any progress upstream. The water is down some, but the current speed is up.
Good luck.
