Rick and I had a decent Thursday afternoon landing over 15 fish in about 6 hours. We could have caught more but I was doing a lot of "experimenting" which basically means "not catching fish". I like to do this when we get on a consistent pattern that's working; use one rod to get the bite and the other to try things you thought might work but need to know the fish are biting to test your theory. Well, I got to test a lot of "theories" Thursday afternoon and for the most part, none of them panned out. Fortunately I was able to do well jigging and boated a couple including this solid 12 lb'er.
Jonathan and I decided to take Bella to the lake today and it was a blast!! Here she is sporting her new "life jacket".
Bella got a new "life jacket"
Got out on the lake with the Rickster today to see if the Stripers are getting any closer to their summer patterns. So far the lake has been slow to warm with the temps still barely just over 80 degrees. We really need 85+ on the surface to help set up a solid thermocline and so far we just haven't had any real hot weather to help generate that much heat. I expect that will change shortly though as we move into August so it won't be long…
Got out for a quick trip up the lake after hearing about some awesome action early this morning. Turns out all the action was in the morning; we didn't do well but it was a nice day to be on the water and in the end, getting to watch Rick commit another "classic moment" is what days like this are all about…
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Had one of my best "May" days ever! I boated 9 fish ranging from 4 to 9 lbs. Fish were caught many different ways including surface, trolling leadcore, trolling umbrella's and jigging. All told it was beautiful on the lake with mild temps and little to no boat traffic.