Anyone have any advice on to get a few pike on pool 10/11?
IOWA RIVERRAT
04-27-2008, 08:27 PM
TRY BUSSEY LAKE NORTH OF GUTTENBERG. THR AREA BELOW THE SPILLWAYAT GUTTENBERG. THE SAN MIGEUL AREA ABOVE CLAYTON. THE SAND PIT NORTHSIDE OF PRARIE DU CHIEN. GOOD LUCK BETTER WAIT TILL THE RIVER DROPS ABOUT SEVEN FEET BEFORE TRYING THESE SPOTS.
trollinfool
04-29-2008, 05:38 AM
Last year, we picked up a few pike walleye fishing. We were trolling pulling cranks up in the Harpers Ferry area. We were in shallower water, 6". I sped up to about 3.5-4 mph. The pike started hitting when we sped up. I talked to a commercial fisherman and he said they are getting more and more on the Miss. I think he had hoop nets for cats and kept getting pike in them.
klaas act - rich ziert
04-29-2008, 12:08 PM
Rivers and Streams, Big and Small.
Fish in rivers/streams are often "Shallow" and “Flow” oriented. Much more wind blown food falls and moves into the river ecosystem than it does into a lake in the “same space” frame of cartography. Water or wind moved, Look upstream from suspected good spots. If the topographic, and flora / fauna aspects of those upstream areas are more contributing , more attractive to food sources (bugs and whatnot, to what happens after the “Food” falls into the water, then the slightly down stream spots you’ve picked will pay off more often. The bigger predators are not necessarily eating the fallen. They are however eating the fish that eat those lesser creatures. The speed and direction of the water plays a big roll. Check regularly with local regulatory folks. Watch the volume and the flow as it relates to the spot on subsurface interface of more water to less water, and then you'll know when to fish what areas effectively. Rivers are generally faster flowing (hydro-dynamics) at there walls and at the bottom. If you can find structure, deeper wing dams-or parts thereof, that are just barely outside or blocked by the faster moving water, coupled with main or marginal blow back areas. . . fish them. Incidentally, When an lake impoundment draws water, for all intents and purposes, it’s a river at that moment.
Rich