Baxter to Shell Knob 5/9/17

[Royal Blue]

Got pretty creative and launched off of the upper parking lot road at Baxter.  Saw one boat go by in the first 2 hours.  Water temp was 70 at 8:00 am.  Found fish halfway back in a pocket and caught a handful of shorts all on the War Eagle finesse spinner baits in chartreuse and white.  5/16 was the size on those with a small sight flash Keitech trailer. We tried flipping bushes and getting behind trees with zero luck.  All of our bites came just outside the tree line.  Kinda like they're on the old bank line!

We hit a few more spots found some nicer fish on main lake points relating to oak trees in the water, but all of them were on the outside of the trees again.  Here I threw a 1/2 oz War Eagle in firecracker with a 3.3 inch Keitech trailer in sight flash.

Last spot of the day produced the biggest bite of the day and it was a 4.62 LM right on the bank, bloody tail and all.  

Had a great day and for what it's worth, every single fish was on a blade of some kind.  There was no doubt about it when they hit it either.  They were hammering it.  Ended up with 22 total and 6 keeps.  The keeps were 3 SM and 3 LM.  Had the boat on the trailer by 2:00 and WT was as high as 75 in places.

[motoman]

Great report, pix and fine job catching 'em!:-)

[IL Fisherman]

Nice Bass!  Wish I was there.  Work sucks!

 

[buckwhisperer]

Man that looks like a good time, thanks for report!

[dwiebenga]

Well Done!

[Nitro 750]

Good job, nice fish.

[Champ188]

Dang good job of beating out a nice limit, Royal Blue. Pretty sure your five best would be worth a check in a derby right now. Thanks for sharing.

[m&m]

Royal Blue, nice day for sure. Great pictures of healthy looking fish. Thanks for sharing. 

Mike

[kdc]

Thanks for the report

[96 CHAMP]

Great day, congrats