Read Gary’s column this week, and you’ll have read mine. No sense in us both writing it, and he did a bang-up job.
Synopsis: Got home late Fri., put boat over just to check it out for first time this season, idled terrible, worked on it, got it right, took a quick run to the lake with no rods onboard, to find water levels incredibly shallow, more shallow than I’ve seen since the drought of 2001, and what little there was muddy as heck. Rest of weekend: 20-30 mph winds and I stayed home.
The rest of Louisiana is hot fishing right now. The river has been so screwy lately. The Atchafalaya is fed by the Mississippi and so is hostage to everything that happens to the entire Mississippi drainage basin.
When the fishing’s on in the basin here, there’s none better. But when it’s bad, it’s terrible. It’s very finicky and moody.
I can feel your pain. Here the weather has finally turned decent, except the water is higher than high. I went to a place below a major dam, expecting that it would be the most controlled water. It is, only 2 feet higher than normal. The rest of the rivers which fish nicely at 3-400cfm are running 2-3,000 cfm. I’m afraid to wet my toe for fear of being washed away. When I went out below the dam it was soooo cold that I could feel my toes… after about an hour under the car heater. So, I got to wet a line. Wow. Did not catch a fish, see a fish or see anyone that did either of those things. But I did have fun. Sorry to hear you were suffering more than I.
