April

[Fish24/7]

4/1

10-3

Went morel hunting before hitting the  lake, found 17. Got in on the last fifteen minutes or so of a white bite. Caught 6 females and then they either left or got lockjaw cause I couldn't get bit again. Still mad at those bluegill too! They can be picky about colors sometimes. They ignored the hot pink and chartreuse today, but loved the fluorescent orange  and red. 🤔 

Took home 6  big one's ,9". They all made a decent meal with  the ones from before ,and had a side of some fresh fried morels to go with. 

 

[Johnsfolly]

Great day all around @Fish 24/7! And a good meal to top it off! Congrats!

[Fish24/7]

4/6

I caught bluegill for 8 hours today. Took home 16. The one's I am catching are always moving due to the lake rising. Sometimes in the back of pockets and in ditches and drains. Sometimes suspending in bushes. I did have one bank today on a flat that had a quite a few big ones in some grassy weedy areas. Fluorescent orange ice jigs tipped with worms or red power bait,,that has been the best color lately. only this time the water was a lot clearer so I used a small cork with the jig set about 9-15" depending on the depth of water. Visibility was about 18". The extra weight let me cast the tiny jigs a lot further so the boat didn't spook them. I tried vertical jigging in the bushes like before but it wasn't happening today. Everything was caught casting this time. Focused on the 1-5' zone. Also had great success with #2 Martin spinners black with yellow and yellow with red,both gold blades. Caught 252. Yes I counted every fish I touched.😊

[Fish24/7]

4/7

WT 62-70

Fished from 10:30-3.Chasing panfish. Caught 8 crappie today before the wind made it hard to position the boat and I was drifting way too fast ,but managed to get a few. Ice jigs under a cork ,bobbing in the waves. They were suspended on a sharp drop.

Also had the Gill bite going , the Black Panther scores again!

Visibility was about 2- 3 ft. today.

[Bill Babler]

Those are just wonderful fish.  Thanks for the updates.

[Fish24/7]

4/8

WT 65-68

Short trip, 10-1:30. Had to get back for a Schwan's delivery 😉Left all the panfish stuff at home this time and just bass fished. Started deep near the main channel in 18-25'. Thinking there might be schooling fish on shad. Worked the upper,middle,and bottom of the water column. Not a bite. Saw some fish on the screen scattered up high in 3-5' No shad balls though. Two hours in, no  fish. Re rigged for shallow fishing. Shallow crankbait to search with and a finesse worm to pick at em once I found a few. Found the closest ditch leading into the shallows. Bingo!  Visibility was 5', no wind. So everything I threw was downsized. First bite was a keeper largemouth on a SK 1.0 in 6'. Then another keeper on the square bill 3 casts later. Just 15-16" fish. Saw another about the same size take a swipe at the bait,I flinched,and pulled it away from her.  Came up to a bush and worked the crank through the limbs and another one engulfed the bait ,power dove down into the bush, I leaned on her too hard to try to get her head turned my way and the #8 hooks pulled out. Moved in a little shallower 1-4' and saw some bass on beds,3. And a few small bass cruising around debris mats.. Saw a 2lb male trying to push a 3lb. female in the direction of the bed,which was interesting to me to see him nudge her sideways, and when she tried to turn he would immediately spin around and push her back the other way. Baby please don't go!! 😄I thought they were carp at first because those things are everywhere on every bank spawning right now . So then I went back to where I caught the first one fan casting the 1.0 as I worked my way back to the 6' depth.. Picked up the worm and went back through the area. Nothing. Had I been there at daylight I think I could have had a better chance of getting more bites before the sun got so high. At least I learned something today. It's gonna be top water time any day now!

 

[DeadCalm]

Schwan’s is always my top priority too Fish......Thanks for the report!

[Fish24/7]

16 minutes ago, DeadCalm said:

Schwan’s is always my top priority too Fish......Thanks for the report!

It was 91° when he delivered those frozen chocolate creme pies ! 😆 Glad I was home

[Fish24/7]

4/18

Today was an attempt to catch multi species. Was successful in my attempt. 

Bluegill of course, crappie,white bass,and largemouth. Gills were all small so I didn't mess with them too much. Caught some nice bass on custom painted cranks and homemade spinnerbaits. Every bass I caught was in 4-6'. Every Gill caught was in 4-6'. Every crappie  and the 2 whites were in 4-6'. WT was 55 early rising to 59 by late afternoon.

This Crappie was a personal best. 16 1/2" guessing 3lbs.

Caught some big black ones today.

15 1/2"

15"

Released all the big crappie.

Kept some smaller ones and a couple small whites too.

 

 

 

4lb. Brownie I caught the other day forgot to post the pic.

[mixermarkb]

Nice work!