April 1st and 2nd long creek and dam area

[Bass Enforcer]

Fished near the dam for just a couple hours on thursday. Got out around 8 and had to get off the water at 9:30. The lightning was getting a little too close for my comfort. The warmest water I found was 58, but most of my fished came in the slightly cooler water around 51-54 degrees 4'-6'deep. I don't get too hung up on the "surface temp" water right now. My main focus was just staying in areas leading to spawning coves. Spawning is their main movement right now and to some degree, they "the fish," don't care about the surface temp like we seem to harp on. Unless......the sun is beating down early morning hours on these 50+/- degrees water temps. Don't get me wrong, I know when it starts to warm up we should all start moving closer to the bank into the shallower water. Especially when we start seeing 61-63 degree water. The point I am trying to make is...weather the water is 51 or 58 I'm more concerned about the type of structure and what it is leading me into. I.e. spawning coves, etc. Water was a little stained, but not near as bad as other places. I focused on chunk rock and ledge rock near secondary points and leading into major creek arms/spawning coves. Pea gravel didn't seem to be the thing just yet. But i think its going to happen pretty soon so get ready! I did catch one on a war eagle spinner bait 1/2 Oz in the mouse color at a feeder creek where water was still coming in. My bigger fish were all caught on a brown craw wiggle wart 4 feet deep. I was able to fish for a couple of hours on Wednesday evening as well. In just "not quite 2 hours" I caught 9 with 6 of them being keepers. Everything was on the same wiggle wart as above and the same areas mentioned above. Good luck to you all. I'll be back on the 10 11 12th. Unfortunately I may not get on the pond much because I am starting an addition on the lake house.

[Bass Enforcer]

I tried adding a photo but I don't think it worked. Sorry I haven't been able to do that yet.

[fishingaddiction]

Good report and good luck on the addition to the house. Only problem with that is it will cut into the fishing time.

[Sac River Jim]

thnx for the report and good luck next time your down.