this morning

[top_dollar]

Got out this morning from 6 til 830.  Water temp 89, clear down about 6 or 8 foot I'd say. Fishing was very good.  Two of us fishing caught 2 keeper spots as well as about 30 shorts and 6 giant bluegil.  Best bait was a whole nightcrawler with a 16th Oz split shot and a #4 bait holder hook.  Also caught an 6 or 8 # flat head catfish.  Caught nothing on a jig, and 6 or 7 on a spoon.  Spoon bite is best with a 2 to 3 foot aggressive hop.  Lots of fish spitting up 2 inch shad.  Both keepers came on the live bait today.   No walleye.

[top_dollar]

Wow....forgot to mention....main lake gravel points,  15 to 20 feet down in 15 to 45 fow very close to 100+fow.

[dan hufferd]

Sound familiar, I am in love with the spoon for now ! 

[Nitro 750]

Good job, thanks for the report/

[LD Fisher]

Great report, thanks for the info.  I'll have to give the crawlers a try later this week!  I'll need to ice them down though so they will hold still and I will be able to see them to get them on the hook. 

[Champ188]

Hope those crawler fish aren't swallowing the bait. If you turn them back bleeding or with a hook still in them this time of year, they're goners.

[Terrin Garber]

I would second the report.

 

Went fishing today from 1-3p in the afternoon and caught 7 kentucky and 3 white bass all on a spoon in the same locations

[top_dollar]

4 hours ago, Champ188 said:

Hope those crawler fish aren't swallowing the bait. If you turn them back bleeding or with a hook still in them this time of year, they're goners.

I wait til they poop out the hook and reel em in backwards. 

[top_dollar]

Trolled cranks this afternoon for walleye...none.  caught 4 smallies all bout 12 inches long.  Went bluegill fishing, found them on the bottom in 23-28 fow way out on the gravelly side of a main lake point.

[Champ188]

8 hours ago, top_dollar said:

I wait til they poop out the hook and reel em in backwards. 

Those who haven't perfected that technique would do well to remember that bass will quickly swallow live bait and you have to stay alert to set the hook in short order when you get a bite. Otherwise, you're gonna end up with a bunch of dead, short fish that have to be turned back to die.