Quillback

Fished from first light until 2:30 PM. Sun came out in the afternoon, flat calm and it even got a little warm. Ned bite was pretty good, boated 25, mostly spots, with a few largemouth and smallmouth mixed in. Got them all on the Ned, except for one on a Keitech 2.8. Some fish were on long rocky runouts, some were just inside coves around trees. Still getting them deep, anywhere from 12-25 FOW. Surface temp inched up a degree or so since the last time I was on TR, a little over 43. Had a couple of guys about a hundred yards from me at one spot working A-rigs, they were catching bass. The 3 amigos:

Put in 6 hours today, launching at 0730 and fishing until 1:30 PM. It was very slow, caught 3 bass total, one was a 16" smallie, the other 2 were 12 inchers. Fished deep and shallow, main lake, back in the coves, just could not find any fish. Tried jerk baits, and a 2.8 Keitech, the three I caught all came on the Ned rig. WT was 43, there's some stained water back in the coves, but it's pretty clear in the dam basin area.

Launched at 0700, it was 37 degrees, misty with a bit of a breeze. Didn't warm up much, it was 43 at the ramp when I pulled out at 2 PM. Water temp varied between 42 and 43. Threw a jerk bait a bit to start the day, never got a bite on it. Threw it to one spot that has pretty consistently held a bass or two, no takers, threw a Ned in there and caught a keeper sized spot. After that, I just stuck to the Ned. Bite was slow, sometimes it was super light, I was throwing braid, with a fluoro leader, sensitive rod, and I could not believe, even with that set up, how light some of the bites were. Fish were scattered, some were inside a cove, some were main lake. Caught 14 total, 4 definite keeps and maybe had two others that would've made the mark. Fish are still deep, 10-20 FOW. Lots of boats out there today.