Fishing Report 5/11-12

[Topwater TRL]

Wife and I had a great couple of fishing days with numbers and fair amount of released keepers. Put in at H and fished Little Indian, cove at 17 marker, and Wolf Pen. Caught a few both mornings on top water before the sun got very high. All over by 8 a.m. Best top water bait was Baby Spook in bone or chrome. Had to be way out on point in 60+ fow. When top water was done we hit 45 degree banks near spawning areas using 5" gy Kut Tail worms in pumpkin black flake or pond scum on a 3/16 shaky head. Best depth was just deeper than the moss, usually 15' and down to 22'. We had over 50 total Saturday with 8 keepers and 32 today with 7 keepers. 2 of the keepers were smallies, 3 blacks and the rest K's. They wanted it slow falling with not much shakin. Many were next to or in wood. Doodle socked several out straight down inside the tree. Most if not all keepers seemed to have been spawned out. Water temp ranged from 63 to 68. The moss seems to be breaking lose thank goodness! If a guy throws that shaky up in shallow water and let's it hit bottom, you are gifted with a 1 pound snot ball. A great fishing outing on Mothers Day weekend!

[motoman]

Awesome report TRL!.......sounds like a great weekend.:-)

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I'll have to look into that gy pond scum color. I wasn't familiar with it until you mentioned it, so I looked it up online........mmmm........looks yummy!:-)

[Pepe]

Thanks for the report.

Were you out of the wind? I have a terrible time trying to stay in touch with a 3/16 jig in the wind unless I fish with the wind at my back.

[Topwater TRL]

Thanks! I think the pond scum is a new color for them this year. The pumpkin with black flake is my bread and butter color and has caught more TRL bass day in day out but the pond scum with its green color and copper, gold and red flake is moving to the top drawer as of this weekend! Great for clear and slight stained water.

[Topwater TRL]

I hear you on the 3/16 and staying in contact when there is wind. The wind would kind of come and go but when it came up I would turn the nose into the wind and hold it there, fishing over my shoulder. Not an easy task but us Kansas boys learned to manage that wind at a young age. Ha ha. Of course "sliding" the boat that way would let the wife fish off the back of the boat facing downwind and have an easier cast and better feel. Well after all.... It was Mothers Day! If we went to a heavier shaky head we had fewer bites and pulled more moss balls.

[fishingaddiction]

Good report TRL! Glad you and wife captured a ton of fish. I'll have to check out the worm colors you mentioned for the shaky. I too had some good fishing yesterday and today in the K city area. By the post so far from the weekend TR is on FIRE.

Good Luck and Good Fishing

[Quillback]

Thank for the report!