Lou's hole again

I got a late start but still manged to pull eleven small flatheads from Lou's hole. They were biting to the point that I had a fish on both poles at the same time, twice. They weren't big, the largest was an "honest"seven pounder. OK, maybe six. Honest, I wouldn't stretch the truth. I did try the fast water but didn't connect with any channel cats. Maybe that was the sunfish too. A different bait might have worked better on the channel cats.

Hot

This damn heat will make a fat boy sweat. The Skunk is down to nine feet but still muddy. Depending on how tomorrow goes I might, I said I might, give it a try. If yo follow those who think they can predict the fishing, it is suppose to pick up but not until the weekend, Sunday morning I think.

I did it.

I went fishing. It was a little warm but I needed to go. I had a trap in Pond X but all I caught was bullheads. No sunfish. I used a hook and bobber and caught about three dozen greenies. The Skunk has dropped down to a reasonable level , 10 feet and falling, and I'm wanting to launch the boat. You know what that means. It will probably rain for the next forty days and forty nights. Sorry!

Rain

Well, let me think. I guess there is some good news in that the Skunk River has dropped four feet since yesterday. Now the bad news. We got more rain this morning from a hella thunderstorm that went through at 5 A.M. and gave me an unwanted wake up call. Oh, I need to tell you the rest of the bad news. The Skunk River will probably come back up four feet. Yea I know, its great! Wait, it gets better. A flash flood warning is scrolling across the bottom of the TV screen right now. Even better than that, The Weather Channel is showing rain and storms for five out of the next seven days. Now its really great. Sorry about the sarcasm but I almost tired of it. The Weather Channel must be making a ton of money. I know my TV is on The Weather Channel more than any other channel.

Mt intentions when I started this blog was to write about catfish and related subjects but it has become more of a miserable weather blog. Sorry! Maybe someday we can get back to fishing. So have you had your boat in the water lately?

UPDATE: While I was sitting in the house feeling sorry for myself, T.C. was down at Oakland Mills catching catfish and one big ol' carp. That proves it, even though conditions aren't perfect you have a better chance of catching your fish if you are on the river than you do if you are sitting in the house whining about the weather. Someday it will sink in, I hope.

I tried

Well, the good news is I didn't have to worry about losing any bait or getting my hands dirty. The bad news is I didn't get a bite. I moved a sunfish around the culvert and the surrounding area for maybe an hour. Nothing! There were several people on the dam, the type that show up once in a while, but nothing was going on. The Skunk fell about three feet today, about two and a half feet since eight o'clock this morning. All I can hope for is the river to stabilize during the next week and maybe, just maybe things will pick up next weekend. I said maybe!

Vacation day 5, Friday, June 3

Nope, no fishing for me. The Skunk is still above flood stage and I don't like it. I spent the day in the house doing a whole lot of nothing. Fun, huh?

RAIN, AGAIN

It rained all day and put the Skunk River about six inches above flood stage. There were a few people down at Oakland Mills but all they were catching was perch. Tomorrow will be vacation day 5 and things don't look to promising. We'll see.