Atchafalaya River Bumped Up

[TDMartin25]

The Atchafalaya had a slight rise, and usually when it's rising, the fishing shuts down, but I knew a front was coming in Sunday night, so I took a chance yesterday to see if I could get in to one of my favorite spots now that the water was a little higher. Not only did I get in, but I was able to find some fish! The water was muddy in all the channels leading up to the flooded cypress swamp, but once I got in, it got better with a little more clarity. The water temperature was 52-53 degrees, and I found most of the fish suspended on submerged stumps in about 4-5' of water. Caught a bunch under a cork about 3' deep on a 1/48 oz jig head with a small black and chartreuse paddle tail grub and a 1/64 oz nickel jig head with a glow pop crappie magnet, vertically jigged. I also caught two bass....one was 3 lbs and the other 4 lbs on the cork and 1/48 jig using a 6'6 ACC Crappie Stix! All in all, I was very thankful to be out on the water, able to get in that area, and come home with some nice fish!