At least you guys don't have 16" of ice on every lake within 100 mile radius! Can't wait to see some open water again up here in Nebraksa. I've been trying to make the best of it...
I can't take credit for this one either, but my buddy took this picture of me on his expensive nikon. It hasn't been photoshopped at all, and turned out spectacular. The cast I just made produced a smallie from a lake that wasn't suppose to have any. It was a great night with good friends.
I can't take credit for this one, but it's a great picture non the less. The guys from Versus took this one of me hitting the tires first thing in the morning.
Run squarebills and chatterbaits through some laydowns. If your not getting bit switch to a jig. Shouldn't be long before they start moving back after those shad though. Black buzzbait if they're back there.
we had pretty much the same thing happen, couldn't find them in the backs of coves, found a few small one's on secondary points. hit the boat docks for a while but only picked up shorts. finally found a pattern with 30 minutes left. Lost a 3 boatside, then got a 1lb 14oz whopper with 5 minutes to go. That was the only fish we weighed. Found the last one's fishing laydowns with a jig.
Yeah, I fished in the college tournament on saturday. Lake was busy with the Big Bass thing going on as well. Was thinking if I found the shad I would find the fish. Not the case, shad have moved into the backs of coves but the bass are slow to follow. I'm sure in about a week things are going to be hot down there, have fun!