Little & Big Indian Report 4/10/13

[Topwater TRL]

Put in at H around 8 expecting to get rained on all day. Was actually a fairly nice day until late afternoon. Was really slow first thing with only a few shorts and a keeper black on a wart. Once the wind came up after lunch, things started to come alive. Moved to the windiest points and windiest 45 degree banks and started chunking the 1 oz spinnerbait, scrubbing the bottom in 7-10 fow. Had more than a dozen shorts and 4 keeper LM. The picture is of the nicest one, a one eyed half blind 5.2 pounder who had the body of a 6 pounder. Poor girl was long and skinny with a big head! I guess when you only have one eye you have a harder time putting on weight!

About 4, just before the real bad stuff blew in, I went out and fished a couple of close main lake bluff ends with the jerk. Maybe should have been doing that all along with the wind blowing white caps into them like nobody's business. No joke caught 7 in a row, maybe a dozen total with 3 of them being keepers, 2 LM and 1 K. Nothing big, just 15-17". What a blast! My portable NOAA radio went off and so I headed in.

[abkeenan]

Nice report. That fish has an 8lb head and a 4lb body. Poor thing. I once caught a LM very similar that also had one eye, an irregular body and was 24" inches long and was missing probably 2 inches of his tail and yet probably only weighed 4lb's. He is forever known to me as "One Eyed Jack" as my grandfather named him. Would imagine the next 2 weeks they are really going to cut lose lake wide. Congrats on the nice day.

[Topwater TRL]

I did feel sorry for this One Eyed Jack. I'm a total catch and release guy and when I sent this one off to swim away, I gave him an extra best wish knowing he would continue to struggle to survive. The will to live in nature is amazing!

[Quillback]

Great day! Thanks for the report.

[fishingaddiction]

Good report Topwater. Haven't seen many reports from that area. Thanks.

[*T*]

I have heard from reliable sources that there are only a handful of keepers in the Indians. Don't waste your time there.

"Nothing to see here. Move along."

[Topwater TRL]

Yes, nothing to see there yesterday as well! Especially using a double fluke rig. A guy doesn't want to waste his time on that old school fish catcher!

[dudley02]

how is the cape fair area at this time any keeper size lm, sm, or k's coming out of that area or maybe some whites . I'm taking my son fishing next Sunday any pointers would be greatly appreciated its my first time on the rock in my 32 years of living here.

[Topwater TRL]

Things change almost daily this time of yr so just keep watching this great fishing forum for current reports at various locations around the Rock. Good luck and tight lines!