Baxter/little Indian 5-24

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Finally got on the water at 9:00 after shuttle boat ride out to the Marina dock. Access road well under water as is the parking lot at Baxter so no choice but to wait.

With the rapid rise we tried the trick worm or Senko back behind the Sycamore tree line and had two nice fish, one nice 18" LM with a massive "V" shaped lower jaw and one 16" SM.... bang, bang when we first got the boat in behind the Sycamores. Shallow fish ( those two anyway ) seem to be holding on open bottom areas adjacent to live Cedars that are in the high water. After the first two fish we struck out until just one more on PB&J Jewel jig after we moved out to 20 feet on clean bottom. Again, suspect it was a late bedding fish. Water 65 to 66 back in the creek and visibility of roughly 2 ft. Amazing number of play/ski boats out (Kanakuk boats were everywhere !) in the Sunshine throwing wakes making it tough back in the bushes. Gonna' try Bill's SM pattern today but hate these late starts waiting for the dock to open.