Saturday 6-12-21

[MarkG52]

Launched at Hickory. On the water by 5:30am Saturday morning and was shocked at the water temp, 82-83! It was right around 70 two weeks ago. Knew it was gonna be a sweat box outside but sure didn't expect that big of a water temp rise. Fishing was pretty slow for me. Two keeper LM on 3.8 and one tiny one on a Rapala OG. Had a few misses on top, Sexy Dog and Plopper. Had several eats but no pins on a hollow body popper tossed into pockets in the buck brush. I whacked about half the length of the rubber legs off to no avail. Ran around a bit to stay cool. None of the folks I talked to were having much luck but I'm sure some did very well. Lots of bass boats out. Trailered up and off the water about 11:30. Here are a couple of pictures. Sunrise was incredible and a pic of first fish of the day. 

[bferg]

Do you have a white Vexus?  I was there at the same time Saturday in a red Ranger…. 
 

Anyway- I had a few blowups on top water in front of flooded bushes early but nothing would stick.  They were throwing my spook and surge Shad 2-3 feet up into the air.  Wouldn’t hit a follow up bait at all.  I tried the frog deal with no luck…

 

Finally caught three on a steeper bank using a 8 inch bull worm and Biffle head.  
 

Slow hot and sweaty morning for sure. 

[MarkG52]

Yep! That was probably me!