We can’t seem to stay away from that same section of the Flambeau, even though there are miles of other water we could be fishing on both the lower reaches of the “Beau” and Chippewa Rivers. It’s hard to ignore water, that produces those footballs that we have enjoyed catching over the past several days. I decided to go back and fish some of those spots we let rest yesterday. They each produced a few nice fish, but nothing to write home about. I decided to fish a spot that I had not wet a line in over the past few years. It had gone cold for quite a while, but I have seen spots that also start holding fish again, so it never hurts to try. Also, I am only here for a weeks out of the year, and get a snapshot of what’s happening with the fishing. Those holes that I believe have become the Dead Sea, might actually fish well during the times I am not here. Nonetheless, we pulled up to said spot, that has two boulders that are each about ten feet in diameter. Both are sitting in about three feet of water, and are parallel to each other, and about six feet apart. But before I eased up to fish these half submerged rocky twins, I noticed a couple of large swirls about fifty feet upstream from my intended targets. Knowing by the characteristic boils that were present, I surmised that there were some sizable submerged rocks that I had never noticed before. I anchored the boat within casting distance to give them a try. We didn’t have to fish long, because on our first three casts we caught a fourteen inch, eighteen and a half incher that weighed three pounds and fourteen ounces, and a toad of a smallie that was only seventeen inches in length, and yet weighed three pounds five ounces. A picture of those two larger smallies are included with this report. I also noticed that there was a submerged log, not far from those two rocks. We managed to horse several nice fish from underneath it, before they got wrapped and broke our lines. We ended up catching thirteen good fish from this newly discovered spot. As far as how well did my initial target of the two boulders fish? We never got a bite…
River Smallie Adventures Fishing Report August 9, 2019
