Rush River Report

[JBMasterAngler]

Made my long awaited return to the Rush yesterday. Never got a WI license last year, so it was good to be back! Beautiful weather! But conditions could not have been worse for trout! Water was lowest I’ve ever seen! And gin clear, without a single cloud in the sky. We were fortunate to catch the 3 we did. Way too many people out for my liking. But our gear worked, and our boots didn’t leak so it was a great day as far as I’m concerned.

 

[PeachyHans]

Nice pics! 

[JBMasterAngler]

What a difference a week makes! River was high and muddy. At some point during the week it must have been really flooding! All sorts of debris along the shoreline...a boat, furniture, trees, building materials, dead animals, etc. 

 

I went across the first crossing, but didn’t feel comfortable trying to make it across the second one, so didn’t make it to my hotspots. Very first cast I hook into a 16 inch brown trout! Ended up being the only fish I caught. Had a few other hits and swipes from some big ones, which was exciting.

 

Because the water was so high, I didn’t bother driving to any of my spots farther down stream. Instead, I swung over to the Kinnickinnic. Water there wasn’t as high or dirty. Caught 7 typical “kinni” brownies.

 

[JBMasterAngler]

Me and my son got off to a really late start, and didn’t get on the water until 5:30 this morning. Caught a little brownie on the very first cast, but after missing several, it was a long time before our next fish. A pretty decent Brookie my son dropped in the water before I could take a pic. He also lost a monster brown trout. Only caught 3 total, but had lots of hits. Water is really low, but was slightly stained from last night’s rain.