August can be a tough month for various reasons, so it is encouraging to see a batch of quality catches for this week’s update.
Weight: 1-13
Angler: John Kirkemo
Date: August 9
Weather: Partly cloudy, temperature in the 80s
Water Temperature: Unknown
Location: Knox County public strip mine lake
Lure: Wacky worm
Angler Comments: The fish was hooked on the first cast from shore.
Weight: 1-14
Angler: John Kirkemo
Date: August 12
Weather: Early morning sun, temperature in the high 60s
Location: Knox County public strip mine lake
Lure: Four-inch black and silver floating Rapala
Angler Comments: Bright morning sun made for slow fishing, but the bite improved when the clouds moved in.
Weight: 1-11
Angler: John Kirkemo
Date: August 12
Weather: Cloudy
Location: Knox County public strip mine lake
Lure: Wacky worm
Angler Comments: A fish took a swipe at a four-inch black and silver floating Rapala but missed. Remembering a very recent video on the Troy Jackson Outdoors YouTube Channel, I picked up my rod with the wacky worm and cast to the same area and hooked this fish on the retrieve!! Was this the same fish that missed the Rapala? Hard to know.
Weight: 1-8
Angler: John Kirkemo
Date: August 12
Weather: Cloudy
Location: Knox County public strip mine lake
Lure: Four-inch black and silver floating Rapala
Angler Comments: The fish and the two described above were caught from a boat.
Top 5 Weight: 15-11 (4-2,3-5,2-14,2-11,2-11)
Weight: 3-4
Angler: Troy Jackson
Date: August 13
Weather: Partly cloudy/breezy 64F
Location: Hennepin Canal
Lure: Special K Spinnerbait (bleeding shad) with Zoom Creepy Crawler trailer (root beer pepper green)
Structure: Weed edge
Angler Comments: Its cool when your first bite of the day is a good one. As it turned out, it was the best of the day, but I did catch a couple other solid fish. But that’s a tale for the fishing report later this month.
Top 5 Weight: 15-6 (3-5,3-4,3-2,2-15,2-12) culls 2-12
Hard to believe that we are halfway through August already. While not in any rush to put this month behind us, I always look forward to September and the potential uptick for a fall bite. It will be here before you know it. Talk to you later. Troy