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I got out early and thought I would see if I could catch anything.  Nice sunrise.



River level was about 4 feet at POR.  The river looked stained. but not muddy.  I tried a few spots near the ramp and then headed up river.

As I was heading up, there looked to be a good amount of debris and the river was getting muddier.  I stopped at the island, but nothing there, so I headed to Goose Creek.  I fished the mudline from the river to the creek.  There was significant muddy water coming down the river.  After no bites there, I headed up the creek.

I worked the faster water and messed around with some little fish that could not even get a ned in their mouth.  I worked my way down slowly, fighting a steady NW breeze.   No bites on spin jig, spinnerbait, craw, ned or 4" lizard.  As I was about 3/4 out of the creek, I finally caught a tiny bass on a small crankbait.  I threw that some more and this guy hit me at the boat.



I caught one more dink smallie before getting to the mouth of the creek.  This guy was looking pretty majestic perched on a tree limb.



I got back out to the river and it was muddy now.  Almost red-clay muddy mixing in.  I ate my lunch and headed back.  I checked the inside of the islands and it was muddy there also.  I was off the river a little after noon.  At least I did not get skunked.