UL 4/4/24

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Glad you were able to get in a trip this year...and find at least a couple of willing wallies.  Any observations about depth or bottom conditions being different this year?  Or changes in technique?

 Had to give it at least on try and maybe one more depending on mother nature, observations?  your gona get you feet wet if you launching by yourself at Lincoln, water is up over the hump, got a ways before it drops off,  6ft in the channel, brother was out to the island the day before he said there was only enough room for half a dozen pelicans, I will be alot quieter out there with out the birds squaukin, 

 We fished a down past the orchards on that small sunken island, 3ft water,  not many fish there you have to know the exact spot they like, the one boat that come down is lucky it was that high or he would have found the bottom, next low year those guy will eat some props, seen many boats forget you cant run by the shore.

 The fish have unlimited pawing grounds this year, should have good recruitment, with it being so full I think its gonna take a couple extra weeks to get to the normal water temp for time of year, its hovering about 50 should be 55 by now and full spawn, I think there a bit late, 

 With it being 10-12 feet in the middle when your fishing 6 foot this year it will be over the rocks, might be a bit different draggin bait around, but a guy could maybe bottom bounce this year if he know the structure around Lincoln or the island,  wish I could have been there in march with side planers around the island, 

 As far as technique its hard to give up what you know and try different,  I tried to fish the same depths, 2-6 feet water,  had to use a tiny bit heavier jigs, but still the custom TD jigs that I have caught more on than any other, one on red one on purple. usually pull one of each. and they still work, 

 Good luck to you guys, is all you got to do is keep casting and like I told the guy at the ramp, If the wind aint  blowing you off the lake its time to be fishing for eyes in the spring, the only thing better is a steady 5-10 mph wind from the south, makin some small rollers, thats when ya need to be there.

Great info.  Thanks for the details.  I probably won't be getting down there during the balance of the "run" but will likely whack a few in May or June.  Got some areas that the post spawn wallies like to gang up on the whities.  I usually fish for the whities with small jigs but the wallies don't/can't read the directions and a lot of them hit the same small stuff.