upper white report

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I fished out of Holiday Island for three hours on 3/17 afternoon. Zero'd for two hours on the stick bait, but I must admit I am still only learning how to fish it. Took three fish, one legal, when I switched to a brown craw wigglewart. Each was shallow and just inside a point of the little pocket cuts just upstream from Jolms Branch. The points were covered in tournament fishermen. I assume they were tournament fishermen - they were wearing two and three color shirts that matched their high dollar boats. On the better points it looked like the Bass Pro Shop check out line during the Spring sales, one after another after another. Talked with two. Each had four legals in the well. I assume it took a good weight to win. BTW, how far did they have to run to reach that far up river? And why?

Went out again this morning. The weather man was dead wrong about the overnight temp. The predicted 51 felt like 36 because it was 38 when I started. And windy. Two hours of that kind of fun was all I could stand. Water temp ranged from 49 to 54. One fish, short, on a stick bait.

Talked with one gentleman who had fished the last three days. He reported good success on white bass near the "island" opposite Cedar Creek upstream from the marina.

Not the best start to my spring vacation , but then, I was fishing and not getting ready to deal with 100 13 and 14 year olds on Monday.

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Here are results from Heartland Pr-Am

http://www.hpata.com/results/proam.cfm?tournamentid=192

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3/19 update:

Four hours mid-day. 7 fish in the boat, 2 legal. 3 fish shook off, 1 legal. Water temps 50 - 54. All fish on warts although I did fish grubs and sticks.