Bass Fishing Report Wednesday 3/28

[Lifes2Short]

Where did the bigger bass go?? Put in @ Mutton Creek about 9:00 this morning and fished hard until 5:30 this evening. Unlike last week I could only get 2 keepers and they were only a little over 15". Now if the limit was 14.5" I would have had a double limit! I fished a little bit of everything today, coves, creeks, main lake pockets and points, bluffs, and channel swing banks. I found water temps from 51 degrees to 68 degrees. I caught blacks, kentucky, smallmouth, drum, and walleye. However it was a pretty slow day overall, might have caught 20 + bass but nothing to write home about. The two "keepers" came on jigs in the back of a creek cove. I also caught bass on spinnerbait, jerkbait, wiggle-wart, and had the most fish (including the drum, smallmouth, and walleye) on a shaky-head with a 4" watermelon green finess worm. The lake is up about a foot so there is some small flooded brush on the bank and I found a number of bass in less than a foot of water, and clear water at that. If you're looking to catch bass, and you're not worried about size, tie on a shaky-head and drag it around the points in the main lake pockets..........plenty of fish to be had this way. The 68 degree water was in the cove just above Mutton Creek on the main lake, however the water in Mutton Creek at the launch ramp was still only 54 degrees. I use a infrared digital thermometer so I know the temps are correct. It's crazy to think that there's a 14 degree difference in water temps in less than a 1/4 mile. Good luck when you go!