Got out for 1.75 hours today, and fished the Big River...
A lot of rain last night, and the STraight River is blasting up even as I write this - see the USGS link on this web log. When I got to this location the gauge read ~0.30 feet (I was in a hurry to get out so I didn't read it closely). When I left, it read 1.10 feet. That is nearly 10 inches of water in an hour and forty five minutes. I could see the clarity dropping, and big debris was floating downstream too... in fact a big log bumped me and I about had a heart attack. What that meant for fishing: garbage. Right when I got there I caught about ten fish, four different species... but only hooked two carp, and one got off after making a nice run. However, the one that I did land was a mirror carp - my first ever! Really cool fish... Only other note - couldn't believe it, but some guys actually boated up the river and fished next to me... the place is becoming far too popular for my liking. I think a certain epic day in May is really drawing the people... must be that, right? They were smoking, draining a case of beer, and casting very close to my person. Not to mention throwing giant lures... they caught two bullheads and snagged one carp that popped off at the boat.