Garrison Dam Tailrace - Sunday, September 4, 2011

My 5 year old son and I fished the tailrace from shore for a couple hours this morning.  There were so many boats out there, it looked like the scene from Jaws in the marina when they were all after the shark.  There were dead smelt, mooneye, small walleye and catfish all over by the boat launch.  Fish were constantly breaking the surface feeding on the thousands of dead fish.  There were also an unbelievable number of seagulls feeding as well.  My son had a nice walleye about 4 or 5 lbs. on a jig and Gulp minnow, but it goy off right by shore.  We did manage one small smallmouth bass and a very large goldeye.  The goldeye came on a floating jig and smelt that was plucked from the shoreline.  I also rolled what appeared to be a very large paddlefish using a clown colored Rogue.  The 5 year old was excited, I was just glad the hook didn't stick because I would not have wanted to lose it  

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Region: Garrison Dam Tailrace

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