Monday Report

[Fishrman]

Well, this was the last day of my long weekend, so I decided to spend it on the Rock. As I reported last Friday, I caught a few, but today was a different story. Caught one fish, a short Kentucky and that was it. Most water temps were 52-55. Found 55 around Baxter, and caught my one short fish there. I tried the places from last Friday, but could not get bit in the coves in Little Indian. Fished down to Pt. 16, nothing, went across from 16, still nothing. From there headed to Shell Knob, fished trees, bushes, and anything that looked like cover. Fished from 2 feet to 20 feet. I had my boat in 20 feet most of the time. Guess I did not slow the spinnerbait down enough. Well, it was better than working. Thanks for your posts Bill, and thanks for taking my phone call the other day. Tried to call today, but remembered you were guiding, and I hung up. Sorry, hope you were too busy to notice.

Good luck when you get to go.

[BoBo]

FYI - our bass club (30 boats) fished 2-days out of Baxter. Lots of limits and lots big fish (3 over 7 lbs). Looked to be about twice as many 5+ fish caught on Sunday, probably because more of the main lake was fishable on Sunday morning as compared with the higher winds on Friday and Saturday. The neat thing was the big fish of the weekend (7.71 lbs) was caught by a 13 year-old of a grandson and grandpa team. Undoubtedly, gramps held the boat in the proper postion in the wind while the kid flung the blade off the back of the boat. Teamwork definitely paid off in that case. I was fotunate enough to weigh the big fish on Saturday (7.11) and that fish hit a blade in 2 foot of water very early on Saturday. BUt that shallow bite evaporated pretty quickly and was non-existent on Sunday. Our club has hit the Rock once every spring for the past several years and this was by far our best weigh-in.

Anyway, wanted to say I really enjoy this board. Hope to fish the Rock a lot more in a few years when I'm eligible to retire.