Thanksgiving Morning Dam Area

[Mart]

Back out on Saturday am. Warmer temps made the pre dawn start more bearable. Spent the first couple hours working the wart on ledges and chunk rock points and banks. I clearly don't have the technique. Not a single hit.

Picked up the jigging spoon and started to work the deep side of some trees in 30 - 40 fow. Caught a nice 17" smallmouth (pic below) in the first couple drops right on the bottom. Went back to my favorite cove and started tracking schools suspended at 30-40 ft in 50 - 70 fow and caught 6 keeper to just short K's in the next hour. Some of the drops were very exciting with multiple fish charging my spoon as it fell.

Although windy the lake was beautiful. Saw only two other boats all morning.

[abkeenan]

Nice report. Healthy Smalljaw you got there. Not a blemish on that beauty. In a couple a years he/she will be a real bruiser.

[Quillback]

That is a beautiful smallie!

[Champ188]

Very nice brown fish. Good job getting on those deep fish.