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Mid day launch to first water test the Skeeter. Last rain messed up the electrical and the Skeeter quit about 100 yards from the launch on Monday. Electrical clean-up and battery contacts check ....2 cans of SeaFoam plus cross my fingers.

Ran fine for about 20 minutes so I took it out.

Caught 5 smallmouth - mostly off walls in 20 to 25 ft. Caught one largemouth near shore later in shade and missed a couple bites. That was in Rotary Cove. Tried several cuts and main lake points. No clear pattern. All drop shotted.smallies

Surface temp: 80
Slight NW winds and shearing down the rock faces.

A number of bass boats out..maybe practice for a tournament?
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[quote reellittlephish]
A number of bass boats out..maybe practice for a tournament?[/quote]

I'm thinking this...

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Sounds right Tom. They were checking me out aggressively....haha. Running from spot to spot. And a lot of them had all the toys rigged plus Power Poles. At the end of the day in Rotary I was catching following behind these 2 guys and I think it was irritating them.

I fished maybe a 20 different spots from Fire Cove up to Gordy's Cove on Nevada and AZ sides...Graphed a fair bit before I even rigged up and started fishing....avoiding the more well know spots and not fishing memories but looking for different depths and different structure and cover. I don't remember Mead ever being this low in the 20 years I have been fishing here.
There are still some deeper submerged weedbeds...hard for me to find cause I haven't been out in 2 months but the ones I did get into graphed full of baitfish and it is also where I got my two heaviest bites. One broke my dropshot off (line fray) and a couple I never saw.

I don't think the tournament is that big it would bother you cause you know the lake well.
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