It was pretty good today.

[Dutch]

I fished out of State park today from 10:30-3:30.  I fished between there and Orleans Trail.  I caught 14 bass all on Zeros.  They were in coves in about 6 fow.  I couldn't get a bite deeper than that.   I weighed my best 5.  They ranged from 4.75 pounds to 2 pounds for a total of 14.5 pounds. 

 

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[freefallin]

Nice job Dutch.. I have been quietly catching really good bags for a couple weeks now.  All offshore. 15’ to 20’. The last couple days struggling to find keepers. Thinking of moving back to fishing the banks. Not quite warm enough with this rain. Really surprised at the size of crappie and walleye that are ingesting the NED. 
My 8-10 keeper LM is way down maybe 2-3 this week.

Fishing only one lure 3/8 oz underspin with my hand pours so slow I often snore a bit  

I think -bank fish are a week out- but I am a pitiful fisherman at best.. 

 Thanks for your update. 

[Dutch]

As I stated, I could not find anything out away from the bank but I didn’t try very hard as I was using my new “leggy” jig in the lightest weight to see how it worked on Stockton.  First results were promising.  All of the fish were hooked in the roof of the mouth and none hooked deep.  I am working on a similar one for my Neds.

[mrgungho]

Thank you for the report!   From the pics it looks like the water was pretty clear?  

[Dutch]

I never went above State Park.  It was clear there and down toward the dam.  When I drove over Turkey creek it was nearly muddy.

[Steve McBasser]

Nicely done Dutch....

[MNtransplant]

On 5/19/2020 at 8:40 PM, Dutch said:

I fished out of State park today from 10:30-3:30.  I fished between there and Orleans Trail.  I caught 14 bass all on Zeros.  They were in coves in about 6 fow.  I couldn't get a bite deeper than that.   I weighed my best 5.  They ranged from 4.75 pounds to 2 pounds for a total of 14.5 pounds. 

 

What are "zeroes"

[3DHUSKER]

Nice fish

[Dutch]

Zeros are what Strike King calls the elaxtech baits that Zman calls Zinkers

[freefallin]

Dutch

You nailed it.

The last couple days average maybe 20 fish or so in 5' of water. Still pretty cool 63 64 ish.

 Fishing some of the same spots but shallower. These fish are wanting to spawn but the cool rain and cloudy skys are confusing them. Going to fish every day this week and maybe catch a bed fish.  Additionally hoping to find camping at state park.