Checking out side sloughs on Mississippi River

[Tarzan]

Took the Jon out the other day to run it a bit before putting it up for sale.

Decided to check out a slough on the river I'm thinking about Crappie Fishing.
I was pleasantly surprised at how much warmer the water was in the slough.

River was 45F; slough was 55F - increase of 10 degrees! Gadzooks! Will definitely be going there soon with the poles, jigs and a bucket of minners.

Gotta sell my jon soon. Wife is barking at me for having 3 boats on the premises. Got the new, used Stinger wagging its tail, wanting to get after some slabs, the 16' Lowe with the 25 Evinrude, and an old Lund my buddy stored here on my field that needs lots of work. It was a "project" boat that he didn't get time to work on and/or lost interest.

On a side note: going back to the boat ramp, the dang wind really picked up and was tossing the Jon around like I was in galvanized tub. It got down-right scary - whitecaps in full-force, but I motored over to the opposite side of river where a sharp bend blocked most of the wind.

Sorry for rambling... Just drinking coffee and decided to post a couple things that were running around in my feeble mind...

Will give a report on the slough fishing after I'm able to get up there.