The Big M 4/28/2013

[Quillback]

Got a couple dozen today, maybe 10 around keeper size, but nothing over 16", mostly largemouth, couple of spots and a couple of smallies. Dragging a c-rig with a craw was my best bite, fishing water 5 -10 feet deep. I did get a half dozen or so fishing a Damiki Stinger weightless rigged Texas style. A stinger is a soft stickbait like a Senko, except the tail tapers down to a point. Throw it out there, twitch it a bit, let is sink, twitch, until you get it back to the boat. Stinger bite was good early in the back of coves, but once the sun came out they did not like it anymore and I had to go back to c-rigging. Got quite a few drive-byes on the Stinger, I think they were moving it away from beds and not really eating it.

Water temp went from 57 early and was getting to 61 when I left about 2 PM. Water has cleared up quite a bit in the point 23 area, but going up the White from Big M the water still has a brownish color, with a couple of feet of viz, but it is fishable.

Lots of folks out fishing today.

[fishingaddiction]

Good report. What a nice day to be out fishing. Water temps are getting good, if the warm weather holds on. Are you still fishing the finese c-rig?

[Quillback]

I have started to throw a little heavier sinker, 1/2 oz, but I've been using small baits like the Zoom Ultravibe craw. I plan on going tomorrow and I think I'm going to try some bigger baits, trick worms and lizards and fish them in the deeper water outside the beds and hope for some better fish. I'll probably just end up catching fewer smaller fish, but I'm going to give it a try.

[fishingaddiction]

I have started to throw a little heavier sinker, 1/2 oz, but I've been using small baits like the Zoom Ultravibe craw. I plan on going tomorrow and I think I'm going to try some bigger baits, trick worms and lizards and fish them in the deeper water outside the beds and hope for some better fish. I'll probably just end up catching fewer smaller fish, but I'm going to give it a try.

Sounds like a good strategy to me. From what I am reading the sows have not moved up shallow yet, and as clear as the water is they may set up in 10 to 20 feet. I have been fishing too shallow, and will change to keeping the boat in 30 fow, and working slowly along the bottom back to the boat. Good Luck.