New perspective on some favorite fishing spots…

  • shawnil
    Posts: 467
    July 21, 2011 at 4:51 pm #1222370

    Was heading out earlier this week for a meeting up in northern CA and snapped a few quick pics on our westbound flight of some favorite fishing spots. The orientation on these is south is at the top of the pictures. (Sorry about the quality, was reaching over a sleeping passenger from my middle seat to get the pictures…)

    Any guesses?

    I’ve fished the first area pictured quite a lot, and the last two are of the same general area. (Those might seem familiar to some of the Iowa contingency…)

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59940
    July 21, 2011 at 5:19 pm #982717

    Not -> The ‘sippi

    Not -> The Fox (missing Hwy 20)

    Des Moines South of Ottumwa?

    t-ellis
    Colorado Springs, CO
    Posts: 1316
    July 21, 2011 at 6:24 pm #982733

    Missouri River along IA/NE or IA/MO border? Last guess would be the Rock River in IL.

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25025
    July 21, 2011 at 6:41 pm #982738

    I thought he wanted us to guess where he fishes based on the view.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59940
    July 21, 2011 at 7:01 pm #982750

    Guess I didn’t understand the rules.

    shawnil
    Posts: 467
    July 21, 2011 at 7:22 pm #982756

    Quote:

    Guess I didn’t understand the rules

    Rules… Rules?!?

    Some of you are actually pretty close…The first picture showing the engine that’s only about 10 minutes after take off…Route 20 isn’t in the picture, the pictured area is a little further downstream on the Fox (mostly the long pool above St Charles, IL to be exact).

    Last two pics… that’s not the Rock (can you see the barges?) I’ve never fished the Missouri…so it must be the Mississippi. That’s near Andalusia, IL just below Quad Cities. Middle section of pool 16. Sometimes there’s pretty good landmarks to help identify these things…The confluence of the Rock and Mississippi just S. Quad Cities would be just to the left of the pictured area.

    Although I didn’t snap any pictures, I was seeing some of the lower Wisconsin stretch (near the Wisconsin river) down towards maybe Galena on the way back. Some nice looking water up there too!

    Shawn

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
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    July 21, 2011 at 7:34 pm #982757

    My computer monitor is really dark and I can’t see any barges…that and the sun was in my eyes.

    Where’s Michelle’s Pug beater?

    shawnil
    Posts: 467
    July 21, 2011 at 7:37 pm #982758

    I added a little more detail to my last post…

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59940
    July 21, 2011 at 7:57 pm #982765

    So the rumors are true then!

    The world does not stop at the end of P4? Who would have thunk?

    Thanks for sharing Shawn, I’m going to look a little better when I get home.

    whiskeysour
    4 miles from Pool 9
    Posts: 693
    July 21, 2011 at 10:49 pm #982780

    Quote:

    I added a little more detail to my last post…

    I would love to see the Wisconsin/Mississippi confluence from that height. Must have been great.

    shawnil
    Posts: 467
    July 22, 2011 at 1:55 am #982818

    something like this… interesting!

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59940
    July 22, 2011 at 2:07 am #982828

    I’ll fish it!

    primitive
    Davenport, Iowa
    Posts: 203
    July 27, 2011 at 3:37 pm #984195

    My guess was Andalussia Island but I see I was a week late on this one.

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