Dam #2

My buddy couldn't come down from Wisconsin to show me his pike spot. I got a hit from something in the pool just northwest of the dam that took my jointed Rapala and steel leader to boot because of a half assed job on my part with the knot. Could of been a turtle for all I know. I went a little downstream a caught a couple of gills on a wacky rigged 3" worm, but caught nothing else. Looking at the topo map of the area, I'll work the area north of there if fishing for pike because there are a couple of small tributaries and pools. The area south of the dam looks like good catfish territory and I saw a couple swim by. It was too late and I was too tired from the weekend or I would of rigged up for catfishing. I've been pretty frustrated with gamefish lately, being a catfish and carp guy for a long time. Sometimes I think I'm just not working the baits right. I had good luck earlier this year in Wisconsin with pike and bass using inline spinners (the reason I started really going after gamefish this year), but I've been stinking it up lately with the skunks.