After last weeks monsoons I had to give it a try on Memorial Day morning, even though it was still ~390. I was fishing in a stretch outside MTC water, down near Bloomsbury. The Musky still had some color, what I might describe as about 50% between clear and milkshake muddy. I could see bottom up to about 18″ of depth. After that, visibility really dropped off. I opted for a black crystal bugger, which really showed well against the latte colored background. I managed 4 bows and a brown by either dead drift or just holding it to wag in the current. Didn’t get a look when stripping. I stuck to the seams along the bank. Biggest was a hog that measured 23″, maybe 4 lbs(?). It took about 5 minutes to revive him (and me) and in the course of my fish first aid I splashed my phone (about 18″ of depth- hence my earlier description of visibility was then calibrated….) The big rainbow survived but my phone didn’t. Got pic’s before the IPhone drown though. BTW- the guy who sold me the new phone swears it’s “waterproof” up to a few feet for 30 minutes. Considering we went up to 2000 cfs last night, it looks like I won’t be water testing the new phone this weekend. Almost terrestrial time folks.
