Air Temperature: 56
Water Temperature: 56-58
Water Clarity/Visiblity- Clear/7ft
Skies: Sunny, little to no clouds
Wind: Light breeze with occasional gusts
Once I launched, I immediately began throwing a crankbait, it just seemed like that kind of day. I worked my way up the western shore, and nothing. Not even a bite. I moved into a cove where there is a nice mixture of deep and shallow water, as well as some stumps, humps, points, and a few laydowns. It looked good, so I anchored, and threw a crankbait for a while. Then a spinnerbait, and got one bump, but nothing ever came of that. Then I decided to slow it down a bit, and throw a jig. Still nothing. After spending way more time than I should have in this one spot, I finally decided to move. The next spot I went to was much of the same, including the result. I then moved to a point on the main lake, with some lily pads on it. I only had about 15 minutes left to fish, so I figured I'd throw a crankbait and just cover as much water as possible. After getting hung up a few times in the lily pads, I got a hit. So I was intentionally getting hung up, then ripping it free, and it finally paid off. Good timing too.
5/10/14- On the water at 6:10
Air Temperature: 62
Water Temperature: 58-60
Water Clarity/Visiblity: Clear/6ft
Skies: Overcast/ light rain
Wind: None
As soon as I got on the water, it started raining, figures I left my rain gear in the car. Oh well, just a little water. So I headed right for the weed flat on the point where I caught the last fish here, and wouldn't you know it, I got another one. Much of the same though, as this fish wasn't very large either.
I paddled around for a while trying to find my next target. I found an area that has a point on one side, a weed flat on the other, and deep water in between. Something had to be holding there. I decided to throw a small Rapala Husky Jerk in the Glass Minnow color. This quickly produced a small perch and a crappie. Not exactly what I was looking for, but hey, fish are fish on a tough day, right? There was a nice laydown on the other side of the point, and I was able to pull another small bass out of that. Again, I marked a lot of bigger fish outside of spawning bays, most of them were suspended right below the surface over deeper water, and didn't seem to be interested in what I was throwing. Pre spawn bass will do this primarily to seek warmer water , and are notoriously finicky when in this state.
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