The Milwaukee River is finally low enough for some decent fishing. The past week has been brutally hot, and that probably affected fishing, but I caught fish all three times I went out in the past week.
Last Sunday afternoon I went with Tony, a friend who is more familiar with the Milwaukee north of town. We fished up in Cedarburg for a while, then came back into town and fished more near the Capitol Drive bridge. The pressure was high, and the fish had been scattered. The fish pictured below is my nicest smallmouth bass of the day.
Thursday was my day off from work. I planned on leaving early to get on the river before it got too hot, but I slept in pretty good. When I talked about going that late, my wife wanted to come stand in the river with me as a method to beat the heat. Little Cleo had her first experience in the river, she really enjoyed it.
I caught a couple of aggressive rock bass. They are always fun to catch. Little Cleo petted them and said the were nice and told them buhbye. She called them bluegill, which is close enough for me!
Friday morning, Little Cleo had us up pretty early. I think she was up around 6:00. My wife was exhausted and needed more sleep, so I volunteered to keep Little Cleo busy for a few hours by hitting the Milwaukee with spinning gear. Friday morning was the most productive day of the week. I caught mostly small fish, but we had a good time.
Now, Little Cleo pretends she is fishing in a boat all the time. I gave her the lower section of my broken fly rod with an old spinning reel on it. She says, "reel reel reel, oh walleye!" Its so cute, I can't stand it!
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