Grand Lake Report

[Quillback]

Fished it Saturday, it was a little chilly but not too bad, relatively few other fishermen out there, very few pleasure boats and only saw one PWC. If not for the constant background noise created by leafblowers it would have been a peaceful day. Even saw a couple of eagles. Water temp was 52. My go to bait was a Norman Flake McStick, caught one LM on a spiiner bait, but the rest came on the McStick. Backs of coves and secondary points in the coves were where I caught fish, except for catching some whites on main lake points. There are shad EVERYWHERE, I have never seen so many shad. Lots of terns, gulls and cormorants feeding on the shad, and I even saw a couple of eagles. Caught about 15 black bass and 1/2 dozen whites. No big bass, caught a couple of 16" fish, but the rest were in the 12-15" range.

Caught ol' Buglemouth below on the McStick, probably went about 8 lbs. thought I had a heck of a bass, major disappoinment when I saw his big rubber lips pop up through the murky water as I brought him to the boat. I would say it's a fluke, except this is the 2nd carp I have caught on a McStick.

I can't say that I ripped this one's lip, as it had been ripped before!

Good day to be out, best day for bass I have had on Grand.

[Hogfan]

Good job! Thanks for the report. Were you working the bait pretty fast?

[Quillback]

I was doing the 3 jerks and a pause routine, short pauses, 2 or 3 seconds. They always hit on the pause, and hit it hard, it wasn't the mid-winter light bite.

[Hogfan]

I love it when they about jerk the rod out of your hand!