Day 3 of pre-fishing on the Spanish River

Today was a very different day for lots of reasons.  We probably got about 4 inches of rain by this morning.  The river was up about a foot and the water was very muddy.  This changed the fishing dramatically.  Fishing was slow but we managed to pull 4 fish in the boat.  The rain was relentless all day and the wind gusts ranged from 15 km/h to 75 km/h.  Really made boat control difficult.  The current in the river increased probably by 1-2 mph.  Their were rapids on the river where their were no rapids the day before.  Our fish ranged from 14-17 inches.  No pictures today due to hard rain most of the day.  The cold front is moving in and the water turbidity is about 6 inches.  This means you cannot see your lure when it is 6 inches down in the water.  The river has probably rose another 6 inches through out the day.  We saw many boats docked at camps on the river that were now submerged in the water.  Big day tomorrow as we need to put together a solid day so we are in the top 10 going into Sunday for the big $10,000 first prize.  Check back tomorrow.