We were soaking 8 inch suckers that I found at 4 Seasons Sporting Goods in Red Wing, MN last evening when Tony Capecchi hooked into what turned out to be his new personal best flathead.
We were fishing an area that had a closing dam on on side then under water wood on the other down stream end. We place our bait behind the closing dam and in front of the wood.
Fishing underwater snags is an often overlooked opportunity in my opinion.
Using my sonar, I been watching areas that had above water snags, but the high water of the last couple years have washed them away. At least what the eye can see has been washed away.
Slowly motoring over these spots reveal there is still piles of wood, just that it’s under the water line. This sounds pretty obvious but flatheads don’t really care if the snag they lay in is above the surface or not. LOL!
So last night if another cat person had come by, it looked like we were fishing in the middle of open water.
Friday evening I had the pleasure of going out with Trevor and Mike of the Twin Cities for a channel cat hunt.
We focused on the upper end of Pool 4 and it’s tributaries. Since the rollers are back down it the water it’s slowed considerable. Still very fast for this time of year but the cats have to eat and we were happy to supply some treats for them.
All fish came in on Secret Seven and Sudden Impact fiber bait from Team Catfish with the exception of one that picked up a squashed sucker head.
We moved around to keep the bite going. Seems like we would hook into a couple three fish and then the spot would just die.
We anchored in the main current with no luck, all the fish came from the current seams nearest the shore on either side of the river. The bites came from the slack side of the seams.
Sturgeon dancing will be starting in just a couple weeks. I’m dusting off my dancing shoes!