3-25 bass report

[Skeeter ZX190]

Put in at Orleans Trail around 8:15 am in thick fog.  Caught a 15 1/2 keeper right off the bat on a phantom green rock crawler.   Caught it on a fairly steep chunk rock bank.  Continued to work my way around the back end.  Caught 2 more keepers on the rock crawler and 1 keeper on a ned rig in peanut & jelly.  Left Orleans Trail and worked our way toward State Park.   Finished the day with 17 bass and 1 keeper walleye.  The walleye came on the ned rig.  Water temps were 48.5 to 52 degrees.   Secondary rocky points seemed to produce the best.  Water is SLOWLY clearing.  Probably 3 feet of clarity, maybe 3 1/2.  Most of the bass came in 4 to 7 feet of water but a couple of them came in much shallower and a couple much deeper (10 to 15).  Not much boat traffic between Orleans Trail and State Park.

[bassfisher]

Thanks for the report 

[Unimog]

Thanks, are you using the pb&j color in the ned due to the dirtier water?  

[Skeeter ZX190]

No.  The main reason for the PB&J is that  I only have 3 colors of the Elaztech plastics.  PB&J, green pumpkin, and green pumpkin red.  I have joked for years that on Stockton color doesn't matter as long as its green pumpkin.  While PB&J is not green pumpkin, half of it is pretty close.  To me, the water clarity where I was fishing didn't warrant a change from the colors I would normally use.

[Unimog]

Those are the only three colors I have as well and usually use the green pumpkin or green and red on Stockton.  With the water being dirtier than I think I've ever seen especially up toward state park I was switching to darker colors. 

[dan hufferd]

I have used a zoom green pumpkin magnum finesse worm with a plain old slip sinker and done very well. Last year it seemed like electric plum was the most productive color.

I have heard other people picking up walleye on the ned rig, I wonder if they are feeding on crawdads?

Thank you for the report.