June 9th, Wednesday

My boat was being serviced and I got to pick it up today. Seeing there were some fierce thunderstorms coming down from TN, I threw a spinning rod on board for the ride back from 6 mile to Aqualand. I launched at Charleston Park around noon and bringing the rod turned out to be a good call.

Though I expected to see some fish back in the creek, nothing was showing on the screen at the 5-6 points I inspected. But all that changed at the mouth of 6 mile where it meets up with the main channel. I was pulling up on that main lake point when several fish surfaced close to shore. I wasn't close enough to reach them and by the time I got within casting distance they were gone. My fish finder was showing them hugging the smooth bottom some 25-30 feet down there so I stayed the course and kept throwing my Redfin. All was in vain.

After some 15-20 minutes of throwing nothing but surface jerbaits, I tied on the medium swim bait and figured maybe something down deep in front of their face would spark a bite. Sure enough, that was the ticket. The school wasn't large in numbers but no doubt it was some 6-8 fish which is a good sign. More importantly, they were big. I ended up boating two fish; one at 12 lbs and the other some 8-9.

Water temps were 81+ all over the lake and though I didn't see anything the rest of the way back to Aqualand, I was encouraged by the little action I witnessed. We're supposed to have some 90+ degree days coming up and if this hot weather continues, fish will be all over the southside any day.