From Koinonia Guide Service:
http://koinoniafishingguides.com/
Hi Gang,
The river was at 4.5 at the beginning of the week and at the end of the week we had 4.4 with 22,800CF of flow and 41 degrees.
1. Trip #1 – Guide Scouting Trip – This was on Monday and we fished from 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM and we boated 1 Largemouth, 2 Smallmouth and 1 Musky. The Musky was 28”, the Largemouth was 13” and the largest Smallmouth was 18”. We caught them all on soft plastics. We had 4.6 – 24,700CF – Clear – Falling and 37 degrees. It was breezy with a BP of 30.20 and steady.
2. Trip #2 – Guide Scouting Trip – This was on Wednesday morning and we fished from 7:00 AM to 11:30 AM and boated 24 Bass. The largest was 18.5” and we caught them on soft plastics and stick baits. We had 4.5 – 24,700CF – Clear – Steady and 38 – 41 degrees. It was breezy and mild with a BP of 29.55 and falling.
3. Trip #3 – Guide Scouting Trip – This was on Wednesday evening and we fished from 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM and we boated 7 Smallmouth and the largest was 18”. We caught them all on soft plastics. We had 4.5 – 24,700CF – Clear – Steady and 40 degrees. It was breezy and mild with a BP of 29.55 and falling.
4. Trip #4 – Guide Scouting Trip – This was on Thursday and we fished from 10:45 AM to 3:30 PM and we boated 35+ Smallmouth and the largest was 18”. We caught them all on soft plastics. We had 4.5 – 24,100CF – Clear – Falling and 41-44 degrees. It was extremely windy and we had a BP of 29.15 and rising.
5. Trip #5 – Guide Scouting Trip – This was on Friday morning and we fished from 6:15AM to 9:15AM and we boated 22 Smallmouth. The largest was 17.75” and most of the fish were 15”-17”. We caught them all on soft plastics. We had 4.4 – 23,000CF – Clear – Steady and 42.8 degrees. It was rainy, extremely windy and we had a BP of 29.25 and falling.
6. We will be set up and conducting seminars at the Bass Pro Shops Spring Classic. The event starts this Friday, February 24th and my first seminar will be Friday at 7:00 PM. There will be a lot of great sales going on so please stop by and visit with us.
7. We currently have a good smallmouth bite going so if you can book on short notice, I suggest you book a trip.
This is a picture of a Quillback we caught on Thursday.