Something isn't quite right.

[Dutch]

I have always been told that when there is a lake draw down fish pull off the bank.  I have also been told that cold fronts make fish back off and hold tight to cover.  Well that didn't prove to be the case today.

My partner hadn't been on the water for the last 6 months and wanted to go today.  I only had 2 ideas for us to try having not been to this area for a couple of weeks.  One was timber and the other was rocks.

We went to the timber first where he caught 2 keeper lmb on shaky head.  I had some bites on the jig but couldn't hook up.  Once we left the timber and got to rocky area I caught a nice lmb and a good white bass on a chatter bait.

After leaving there we went to some other rocks that I had in mind.  We got bites on jigs and worms but couldn't hook up once again.  So I said lets go for broke and parallel this bank.  We ran it 2 times paralleling with spinnerbaits. We had more whites and 5 more keeper lmb in water less than knee deep.   He lost one about 6' from the boat that would go 3 1/2 to 4#.  That was the only fish that came unbuttoned all day long.

We wound up with 7 keeper blacks and 8 keeper whites.  The blacks went from about 2-3 1/2 pounds.  The whites were close to 2 # each.   All in all it was a good day to be on the water.  It really surprised me that the fish were on the same bank as they had been 2 weeks and several cold fronts earlier, especially being shallower than they had been.

That goes to show that fish are not necessarily where you think they will be or where you want them to be, but where you find them.

[MOPanfisher]

Sometimes them fish don't read the same books we do and just don't know they are or are not supposed to bite under certain conditions.

[Johnsfolly]

Dutch congrats on a great day of black and white bass successful fishing! Sounds like a great trip.

[Steve McBasser]

The fish at Stockton often forget where they are "supposed to be". We have been keeping the boat in 3 or 4 feet of water and casting to zero and catching fish like crazy.