Another Quick Pool 2 Report from 6.22.05

Well, I made another quick trip down to Pool 2 on Wednesday night. It was a gorgeous night to be on the water but fishing was a little slow for me, but it was great to be on the water for the 2nd time during the week. What I concentrated on was pitching B FISH N TACKLE’s 5" K-Grubs to wing dams and shoreline slack water or back currents.

I shared the boat with my buddy Chris who is shown above with a nice 22". I have to re-state what Mike W. said earlier, you get a low 20" fish on and you have one heck of a battle on with the current. It definitley seemed that Chris hooked a 5-7 lb fish. The current was still ripping through and the water was still murky, but it seemed a ton cleaner than my Monday trip down there. The majority of the fish we caught were in the 14-17" range with even a sauger coming to the boat. In the 2nd picture Chris is holding a typical fish for the evening. Chris did hook into something "REAL" big on a wingdam and battled this fish for a good 5-7 minutes, swinging us from one side of the boat to another, making me pick up my 2nd anchor. It even drew the attention of a passer by boater enough for him to go from 1/2 throttle to a dead stop when he seen Chris’s rod bent in half. After the battle and just catching a glimpse of the fish the fish spit/tore the hook loose. We are almost positive it was not a walleye, but I gues we will never know. We did have a little flurry of action right @ 9pm to 9:15 where the active fish came up shallow and hammered the last couple of casts we were making.

I think with the water dropping and clearing up that the trolling bite should heat up down in Pool 2. I have only made a couple trips down there to P2, but I’m impressed at the potential of this fihsery has and it is located within the cities. I look forward to hitting this body of water a lot in the future. Until next time make sure you stay safe on the water and enjoy the weekend!