I launched at Hartley this morning and headed to my favorite spinnerbait spot. I caught 3 and missed 3. I don’t know why. I was using a trailer hook. After that I drug out the jig, shaky, and jigging spoon. I spent way longer than I should have fishing deep, looking for brown fish. All I caught was a short eye on a shaky worm. My brain said that there are always some fish shallow. So I put on a square bill and covered a few miles of shallow water. I wound up catching 3 on the square bill. They were not where I thought they should be but heck they aren’t tied up. I fished from Hartley to Mutton Creek both sides of the lake. The water was from 78-79°.
I think I will go back to the slimy water in the James for a while.