been to the SD river in a while, I loaded my flippin' stick and another rod(both rigged with straight braid) and headed there. I was
shocked at how high the water level was as everything around the area was flooded. Earlier this year they dumped tons of water out
of El Cap and that was the last time the water was this high. There was so much new area that the bass could hide in and the water
was pretty stained that I almost went home. Ah heck....I decided to give it a go. I worked and tied on and cut off so many different
type of baits that it is probablytime to buy some new scissors as the one I used is probably a lot duller...ha ha
After lots of flippin' and casting exercise, I was shocked as finally something slammed into my square bill. Have to get this bugger in
to avoid the skunk I thought to myself and when I landed him.... I was relieved. I stuck to the square bill for a bit and then started
flippin' a Tokyo rig with a crawfish trailer. I was just about to head out and went back over one more time to cover an area and got
my only other bite and landed another bass. Both bass were not big, but I was so happy to catch anything with the flooded conditions
that I had to deal with. Wish El Cap(the City) would somehow post something when they are going to release lots of water, but you
know that is never going to happen. Oh well..........
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