WOW, only 6 degrees difference top to bottom (Editors note: See the Water Temperature logs here) . Double wow. An interesting note: I launched up at Hardy and the big Hbird told me the water was 61 on top! It got progressively warmer as I moved down lake. Hmmmm. Not much rain to cause the cooling either.
So it was chilly this morning but no heavy fog. Visibility good. I idled past Bay Roc and over the flats. Was about to run to the trestle when the surface started churning all over. Right there at R85. I cast around a white bucktail but got no takers. Quickly changed to a Storm 4" Wild Eye Swim Shad in char/pearl. That did the trick and I boated a nice 26". Just like that the fish were gone. It all took about 7 minutes. So I moved down to the trestle and started seeing fish, not many, no schools, just small bunches. HOWEVER, they all seemed to be hunkered down on the bottom or very close to it. Nothing up, nothing chasing. To make everything short, that was the story for the whole rest of the day. All the spots that should have fish, had fish, but they were all down on or very near the bottom. Didn't matter if I was in 35ft or 75ft of water. They were down. I saw very few fish up near 25ft and none of them cooperated. They weren't even near any bait. Tried crankbaits in 3 sizes and A-rigs in 6 variations. I think I have the one-fish-itis desease. Guess I'll try again in a few days. Glory be, my ramp will be finished on Sunday. Whoopee. Later Joel
So it was chilly this morning but no heavy fog. Visibility good. I idled past Bay Roc and over the flats. Was about to run to the trestle when the surface started churning all over. Right there at R85. I cast around a white bucktail but got no takers. Quickly changed to a Storm 4" Wild Eye Swim Shad in char/pearl. That did the trick and I boated a nice 26". Just like that the fish were gone. It all took about 7 minutes. So I moved down to the trestle and started seeing fish, not many, no schools, just small bunches. HOWEVER, they all seemed to be hunkered down on the bottom or very close to it. Nothing up, nothing chasing. To make everything short, that was the story for the whole rest of the day. All the spots that should have fish, had fish, but they were all down on or very near the bottom. Didn't matter if I was in 35ft or 75ft of water. They were down. I saw very few fish up near 25ft and none of them cooperated. They weren't even near any bait. Tried crankbaits in 3 sizes and A-rigs in 6 variations. I think I have the one-fish-itis desease. Guess I'll try again in a few days. Glory be, my ramp will be finished on Sunday. Whoopee. Later Joel
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