06-01-2024, 09:54 PM
Thought I'd hit the north end of Jordanelle this morning and fish the PWC area from shore. Started around 8:30. High water to the trees and too shallow, so fished that little bay to the east for an hour. Got a 13" smallie on my 3rd cast. Light-green tube. I was probably casting out to 8' and he took it around 5'. Tried jerkbaits, swimbaits, grubs --- nothing. Close enough to hit Rockport's highway side instead of going home, so went to my ice fishing parking spot by the last pullout/restroom. Fished that section below where the big shoreline rocks turn into grass & brush. Got 4 smallies ( 10-13") and 2 perch (5" and 7"). Got hits on half-doz plastics, but what they wanted was a 4" kuttail on a 1/16th oz jighead. Saw over a dozen trolling trouters, but no bass boats. No idea what the water temp was, but fishing should only get better with this coming week's above-avg air temps.
