Submitted by Bob Ward #10250

Date Fished: 11/4/2009
Water Temperature: 67
Water Clarity: 6 inches

The lower Delta is still a mess and hardly worth bothering to fish. A few boats were out looking for clean water for the City Championship Saturday. The Tombigbee and Alabama Rivers are on the rise again so I hear and the water is still very high and fairly muddy in the middle Delta. The water level around the Causeway is as low as I have seen it in a while but I fished hard for several hours and did not get a bite. The water level was too low to get to the back of the bays where the water should be clearer and I could get no bites in the grass in the rivers, also very muddy. I hear the water draining into the Delta from the swamps in the middle is clear and should be holding fish. No doubt there will be some head scratching when the City Championship contestants blast off Saturday morning. Some will make the long run down the bay to Dog and Fowl Rivers, some will make the long run north to the rivers feeding the Delta in spite of rising water, and some will head to their favorite spots in the lower Delta, but most will probably fish the middle Delta and hope for the best. The clearest water is on the west side of the Mobile Rive The most drains or run-offs are in the middle and upper Delta. Oh, someone will have six bites Saturday and come in with 12 pounds or so and win it all, but most will have only a fish or two and be very disappointed. Me, even if I had qualified for the City Championship I think I would rather stay home Saturday and watch the LSU/Alabama football game.