Water was ridiculously clear on the Fox River upstream of Puckaway. With an almost complete lack of wind and bright cloudless sky I took the opportunity to fish watch along the Northern bank of the river. I saw hundreds of bluegills, but only a few fit for the frying pan. Lurking on the bottom was a beat up flathead catfish about 26", and several channel cats in the 18" range. I also saw two dozen largemouth bass, two legal, and a dozen of their smallmouth cousins, the largest of which were 10" There were thousands of baitfish, and two northern pick lurking in ambush for them. No trophies along the shore, but it is nice to see them and make me wish I could have brought a fishing pole.
This Saturday is the duck opener, and there is at least one large raft of coots, or as members of my family call them, mudhens, checking out the west shore. I didn't go into much of the vegetated areas of the lake, so there could be many more coots and ducks tucked away here and there. Good luck on Saturday!
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| Fox R Inlet and Deep Hole, could not be accurately measured because the Secchi disk was clearly visible on the bottom at both sites. I would estimate that clarity at the Deep Hole was really 13-15 feet. |
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