My buddy and I fished below Meldahl yesterday. Tough conditions with the high pressure and blue bird skies. We tried up around all the other boats and didn't do any good. We saw a few guys catch some sauger but they seemed small. They were using jigs and minnows I think. We were using Flitterbaits. We decided to get away from the crowd and fish down stream. Turned out to be a great decision. We started getting into drum. What a blast jigging the Flitterbait and feeling that thud. We were using ultra lite tackle which made for some good battles. We ended up boating 14 drum up to 3 lbs. I don't know how many got off but we should have had over 20 drum. If we would beef up our tackle, our catch rate would have been better, but who cares. It was a blast. We also got 5 sauger, one white bass and one 10 lb flathead. The flathead was caught by my buddy on 6 lb test line and took over 5 minutes to land. The Flitterbait was all the way down in its throat. We also hooked a couple of hybrids we think. After making some strong screaming runs, they pulled off. Ultra lite fishing is not always about boating fish, but is more about the bite and the fight. It turned out to be a great day of Flittering.
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