We started just before 1230, close to low tide, but despite the planned the low tide, the un-forecasted wind pushed water up into the river, resulting in little variance in levels. Water temps were around 65 at the fort, and barely dropped all the way to Jones Bar.
Despite seeing fish on the machine, and dropping baits to them, fishing multiple bars and spots in the river, there were no keepers.
We worked shrimp on the bottom, under corks, jerk baits, and nothing worked. We did catch this barely legal flounder, but sent him back to grow up a little bit. Besides that, only hardhead cats were biting, and very few of them.
I talked with 4 or 5 people during the day, and everyone faced the same results. In fact, no one I spoke with even got a single keeper off the river. With the cold front hitting on Thursday, I thought having Friday as a buffer day would help, but the bite was completely shut down.
I certainly hope these guys fared better, as they were all standing chest deep in water fishing, and it looked incredibly cold.
Maybe next weekend will be better!
