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Zack and I got to the POR Saturday at about 6am. We ran north a ways and tried a couple of sloughs, only to find them shallow, muddy, and fishless. We moved out to the main river and started searching for weed beds. There seems to be very little cabbage in the river yet this year. I believe it is there but it has not broken the surface yet due to the high water we experienced this year. My guess is that we will see the cabbage soon, it just hasn't seen enough sunlight yet and now that the water levels are back down, it may grow and peak out above the surface soon. Then again, I am not a "Fresh Water Vegitation Specialist". I'm just guessing. we found some weeds and the fish seemed to like the 4 to 5 foot depth. We finished the day with 14 pike and a couple of nice large mouth bass. Largest pike was 30" and just under 8lbs. We had many in the 4-6 1/2 lb range. Fish bit on Spoons, and spinner baits. The water was murky everywhere in the main river. My guess is that when the water cleans up and the cabbage gets going better, the bite will get real good, and the fish will be easily located. Happy Fishing

Mark K

8/15/2011 12:03:00 PM

Nice job! I was up there Sunday and it started off great! Then the wind kicked up and blew us off the river. We got 6 Pike 2 LMB and 2 SMB. We found a spot that had smallies everywhere though, I'm sure we could have caught them there all day had we wanted too.
I'm gonna have to agree with you that the weed beds are just not quite there yet but they are close. Maybe another week I was thinking! The main river does look a ton better than it did 2 weeks ago and it's at least fishable now! Good job again!

ilv2fish

8/15/2011 3:38:00 PM

Hey Mark, it was great to finally meet you at the Cusick launch Saturday evening. The wife and I really appreciate all the information you've provided through your e-mails and posts, and we are still learning/respecting the river and the Pike! We really enjoy having the opportunity to catch double digit fish again, tasty one's too! Thanks again and hope to see you out there soon.

kevinb

8/15/2011 10:28:00 PM

Nice job and thanks for the report.I'll be back there in a couple weeks on the northern hunt

jjbowler

8/15/2011 10:53:00 PM

Great post and accurate also... The sloughs seem very empty near the riverbend area as of Monday afternoon but I didn't get a chance to fish much of the main river channel bit it is nice to see it back to normal .... Few fish on my trip but did manage 6 largess and a handful of baitfish. Good luck all!!

Lucius

8/16/2011 5:30:00 AM

Thanks for the update. Glad to see a few fish being caught.

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