I was excited to see the 4 ft rise this past Monday so I took the day off. Little did I know that when I woke up this morning, there had been an even better water level rise last night. I got into Ladonia as the sun was just coming up so I went ahead and hit 3-4 bridges to check the water level at each before I made up my mind which one I was going to hunt off of. I ended up at my favorite spot and I'm glad I did. The water level looked like would be about waist deep but there's so much silt/mud underneath that the deepest parts were just above my knees. In fact, at one point, I was deeper in mud that any water level the whole day. I hit a patch of mud that went half way between my knees and waste. To get out, I went over elbow deep in that same mud to crawl out. Needless to say, when I walked back through that area, I chose a different path. The rain we had this week cleaned the gravel bars pretty good. What we really need is a good spring cleaning to clean the bottom.
I had plans on going back out tomorrow to try a different bridge but to be honest, after 7 hours of walking through all the gunk, I'm exhausted. I know there are a few of you that are planning on going out tomorrow and I wish you all the best. If ya have someone to hang with, you'll be better off.....especially if you find your self in a very muddy situation.
Here's the finds. Some mossy verts, few boney fish pieces and a little ol' point that had the tip broken off (looks like an beat up Gary).