4-13 Dam Area to Cow Creek

[whiteley.matt]

Fished from 7:00 to 3:30.  We ended the day with 14 total and 4 keeps.  1 of the keeps was a 4lb smallmouth, so that made the day better.  Half of the fish were on secondary wind blown points and the other half were back in cuts.  We caught them on a mix of ned, jig, spinnerbait and a-rig.  The smallmouth was the only fish I caught on a jig.  Okeechobee color with green pumpkin speed craw trailer in about 5 fow.  The spinnerbait fish were on isolated cedars in about 25 fow.  Those came on a mouse spinnerbait slow rolled on the down wind side.  The last part of the day my partner picked up the a-rig and caught a couple of spots on it.  Threw a wiggle wart, rock crawler, jerkbait, wobble head and a grub with out a sniff.

One thing I noticed, especially in Cow Creek, was that in the longer cuts there were a lot of fish sitting right down the middle towards the back of the cut.  They were in the back 3rd of the cut usually in 20-25 fow.  They were sitting 5 ft or so from the bottom.  We threw several different things at them, but, couldn't get them interested.  We found several different locations with this exact same scenario.

It was a little cooler than expected, but, was still a great day to be out on the water enjoying God's beautiful creation.

[abkeenan]

Nice smallie and great report. With those fish in 20-25 ft of water and hovering 5ft off the bottom could be grub scrubbing time?

[m&m]

Matt, thanks for the report and great pictures.  That is one nice SM.  Nice to know that they are staging in the back 3rd of the coves.  With the warming trend especially the nights staying in the 50s those fish will be moving shallow soon.

Mike

[Nitro 750]

Thanks for the great report.  That is a really nice smallie.

[marcus]

"thats a big ole' pig"

[Quillback]

Very nice smallie!

[Mitch f]

Great smallmouth!

[Champ188]

Very nice report and some great fish. Thanks.

[Pepe]

Great report. Thanks

[96 CHAMP]

That is a very nice small mouth. Congrats