Monday The 16th

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Monday: Not a productive day for me. One dink and one good bite that I missed. I fished the entireity of Leatherwood. The water temp was 54 there and I found neither whites nor walleye. Saw three other boats in there and they were not catching. Then I jigged and jerked the mouth of Haddock and the rock bank opposite Fletchers. Water temp 53 and that's where I had the one decent bite on the jig.

Two positive reports from fellow slip owners at Holiday Island. One caught eight large white bass from the flat opposite Cedar creek. I watched another clean six white sows. He said his came from the submerged island on the south side of the lake between Leatherwood and Cedar Creek. Hope that information helps.

Tuesday: Better than yesterday, but that wouldn't be hard. I fished the rip rap at the Holiday Island marina this morning with two shorts on a jig. I headed up river to walleye and white bass hunt. Water temp was 52 up river nearly to Houseman. Very slow for everyone. I saw maybe 15 boats and those I talked to were only catching trout. I did find one keeper walleye on a wind drifted powerbait nightcrawler. I also caught a keeper spot on the same rig. Both fish were on a rocky shoal in 8 to 10 feet of water.

Coming back downriver I passed Butler Creek, the one with the wooden, abandoned railroad bridge at the mouth. I saw seven boats in there. Looked like a picture of Spring Break at Lake Havasu except they appeared to be fishing and not drinking. Other boats were fishing the flats I wrote about above. I suspect the Whites are active. I don't know because I didn't catch them.