[jmdog]

Was out Labor Day a.m. before the storms blowed everything up. The fish are very active at the moment. I ended up with eighteen fish total in about four hours, a mix of smallmouth and largemouth. Hit both the east branch and the main stem. No smallies over 13" but did get a dandy largemouth. All fish on Gulp minnows.





After the bump in flows I did some shore fishing on my off day Tuesday. Had action at every stop and missed far many more than I landed. Totaled thirteen in a longer day of over five hours on the west branch. All smallmouth today.









I know of several rock bars on the west branch that allow me to get out to the middle of the river at these levels for better casting angles.

[wsj_outdoorsman]

Those river smallie's look real healthy and most likely we a lot of fun. What were you throwing for those?

[chuckt]

Nice fish, jmdog. Everyone of them. Did you get caught in the deluge?

[jmdog]

All fish taken on 4" Gulp on 3/8th Oz jigs tossed realllllly tight to cover. I avoided area's with any real push chuck. Fished mostly from shore or right off it.

[chuckt]

I was thinking more of the storm hitting so quickly that you were caught outside in it. Like that unlucky guy on Whalon Lake. I left for the gym, around 11am, came out around 1:45pm and there were huge puddles and areas of flooded streets. The downpour was so severe that the drains could not keep up.