Big M area, July 10

[Quillback]

Haven't been to Big M in a while, holiday crowds and weather has kept me away.  It was almost cold this morning, 59 degrees at the launch with some thick fog in places.  Water temp was 83.

Fishing was kind of weird, I caught 20 bass, 6 were keepers, and half of the bass I caught and I think 5 of the 6 keepers came on top, late in the morning when the sun was shining down and the water was calm.  Caught several in 70 FOW that were largemouth, they came up a few times chasing 3 inch shad and if you could get that top water on them, they'd be all over it.

I also have a little pocket near some gravel that for some reason has a late morning top water bite, caught 4 in there, they were spots.

Caught some fish deep on the 3.8 Keitech, a few on jigs, the only smallmouth I caught came on a jig.

Quit about 1030.  Quite a few folks out there fishing today.

 

[m&m]

Jeff, nice few hours of fishing fun for sure. 
Mike

[Champ188]

Good trip for July. 

[Dutch]

We had a better one this morning.