Spotted Bass Report

[shark bait]

Yesterday We put in at Viola about 1:00 pm. Had a great day! Found some wind blown pea gravel points and banks and started throwing a spinner bait. We just slayed them. We caught about 50 total. They hit like a freight train and but up a good fight. Only caught a couple keepers but had a blast! Most fish were just shy of 15". They all looked fat and healthy. Some looked like footballs. It was a beautiful day to be out and catching them like that made it even better. Unfortunately I didn"t have a camera or would have some pics to post.

[Ham]

what sort of water temps were you seeing?

[dtrs5kprs]

Increasingly good news. Short K's coming up is never a bad thing.

[Quillback]

Sounds like a lot of fun! Interesting to hear they were up on the gravel points.

[shark bait]

Ham, we were seeing 53 and 54 for water temps. We even had some down a bank all the way to the back of a cove that the wind was blowing down. They were hitting from 1 ft of water to about 8 or 9. I would say most were in the 6 to 8 ft range.

[shark bait]

Quillback, we didn't catch them if there wasn't pea gravel. Chunk rock mixed in was good but just junk rock didn't work.

[Ham]

I knew the fish would turn on soon. Thursday we saw water temps from 44-50, but no real active fish. We caught fish, but small ones.

Good for you. I'm jealous.

HOPEFULLY, my day will come.

[Nimrod Nick]

thanks fr the report, let the good times role. hope to get to viola soon. thanks