Quillback

View attachment: HPIM0836.JPG My parking lot keeper - Pulled into the lot this morning, first one there, saw a fish swirl about 30 feet off the bank, grabbed my Ned rod off the deck, threw Mr. PB&J out there, dragged it about 10 feet and there he was. Fish are biting, put 40 bass into the boat, no Big Lebowskis, but some good keeper LM's and quite a few spots around the keeper mark. Seems like just about every rocky point on the cove mouths held multiple fish. Fish were a bit deeper on average today, usually in 5-15 FOW, not right up on the bank like they were last time I was out. I believe that is because the water has cleared a bit more and the surface temps were a degree or two cooler. 56-57 degrees. Caught 2 bass on a 3XD, the rest were Ned fish (PBJ).

View attachment: HPIM0834.JPG Mandatory meanmouth pic. Fish were really biting today, I waited until 1100 AM for the storms to pass through a set a deadline of 5 PM for leaving as they were predicting storms and did not want to get caught in one. In between, caught over 35 bass, even split between a 3/8 oz Bagely's Balsa shad and the PBJ Ned. Didn't fish too many places as they were stacked one I found them. A bluff end, couple of pockets on the sides of gravel points, the gravel points, and a few working buck brush banks. Pretty much stayed in the green water, and shallow 3-6 feet deep. Mostly 14-15 inch spots, a couple of smallies, means and a few largies. No monsters, biggest was a 3 lb. LM on a Menace grub, the only Menace grub fish and the last fish of the day. Don't think it mattered a lot today what lures to use, I think any reasonable springtime type bait would have caught fish, they were just biting. Water temps were 58-60. I don't think the males are making beds yet, but they are in there taking measurements. View attachment: HPIM0835.JPG