Sunday Evening

[Professor Jim]

We put in around 5 and fished Turnback with only a couple shorts to show for the effort. Got out of there and went into the lake and caught a mix of crappie (mostly smallish) and shorts. The bass were hugging the banks and the crappie were all over the place. Caught all fish on a 1/8 oz jig head with a 3" green pumpkin or watermelon grub. Next time I'll bring the minnows as my youngest son (11) will be along.

Question: We saw lots of fish jumping clear of the water. They were slender and white and come in various sizes. They weren't feeding and appeared to be bass. Is that what they are?

[Rick Baker]

  On 4/12/2010 at 5:18 AM, Professor Jim said:

We put in around 5 and fished Turnback with only a couple shorts to show for the effort. Got out of there and went into the lake and caught a mix of crappie (mostly smallish) and shorts. The bass were hugging the banks and the crappie were all over the place. Caught all fish on a 1/8 oz jig head with a 3" green pumpkin or watermelon grub. Next time I'll bring the minnows as my youngest son (11) will be along.

Question: We saw lots of fish jumping clear of the water. They were slender and white and come in various sizes. They weren't feeding and appeared to be bass. Is that what they are?

i was wondering the same thing. we literally seen hundreds of large fish jumping out of the water yesterday evening. tried some top water and that didnt work

[jbeenemd]

I too was out on Stockton (for first time this year) and saw a lot of this going on. Sometimes it was like a swatting of the water and they appeared to be about 6 inch long bass. Those that were jumping out of the water appeared to be carp. Also saw some of them up against the bank doing this, and suspect the carp are about to spawn also. This is just my 2 cents worth, and certainly not an expert.

Jackie