05-16-2003, 06:31 PM
Got there the 12th and set up camp, no fishing. Asked around, no one catching fish. Got up, started fishing in my float tube about 10-11 am. What a difference a day can make. Temp.s in the low to mid 70's. Caught lots of bass most pretty much cookie cutter size 11-12 in. Caught a limit of bluegills, still a big as ever but they still seemed to be in deeper water and tougher fishing. I noticed that many of the bass were heavy with eggs and in the shallows. Got up the next day, temps about the same, and started about the same time. This time I decided to just put my wadders on and Bud and I waded the edge of the cattails. Caught bass and bluegills all day. By about 4 pm I was catching them on most every cast in the back of a bay. Between that day and the previous, caught maybe 6-8, 13-14 1/2 in size besides the cooky cutter types. Tied into one big guy but he came out of the water and thru my jig in my face. The bluegill are still big, guys.
Used a 1/32 oz. jig with a very small pearl curly tail the whole time. Others were catching them on a variety of presentations, yellow poppers, worms, flies, etc. They seem to be hitting everything. This is the time to go, no mosquitos, the yellow grub (fish parasite) is much less, and the temps are great.
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Used a 1/32 oz. jig with a very small pearl curly tail the whole time. Others were catching them on a variety of presentations, yellow poppers, worms, flies, etc. They seem to be hitting everything. This is the time to go, no mosquitos, the yellow grub (fish parasite) is much less, and the temps are great.
[crazy][
]Leaky