Bass & Pike - 6/23

[buzzbaiter]

Made a short after work excursion to the PR. I put on my battle fatigues - gloves, bug netting and spray - and off I went. Fished from 6 to about 8 covering a mile of river. Got 2 bass and two pike. Had 4 other hits so overall action was slow. Same story: all fish caught near or just past river debris. Both bass were plump with the larger one(about 2.5 lbs) having sores on it. It drew an 'ewww' response from me. Didn't really want to touch it but luckily I had the gloves. Other fish were healthy. Pike were 17" and 24". Good news was several new trees in the river blocking things up. This is good for fish and good for blocking boats, jetskis Despite fishing at dusk, in the shade and in an area full of breeding puddles, only got bit twice by skeeters. Netting did its job. There were hordes of them which was distracting but thankfully not many bit thru. Poison ivy everywhere along with a river bank so slippery you could call it mud slalom. This kind of 'jungle' fishing as I call it has its rewards but its a workout. I must have sweated off 3 lbs in just 2 hrs. Good news is no other footprints.

Pics are mobile phone so they suck.

Mosquito breeding area. One of many. I did one hand scoop of that water and had dozens of mosquito larvae in my hand. Yuck.

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Fish:

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Looks like heavy rain wed into thursday. This is sure to muck up the river again :-(

On the map below, we are right on the edge of 0.5" to 0.75". Not a lot but enough to raise the river a foot or two. Should drop quick though.