Kim City - Jan 26 - Deep bite was pretty good

[Dock-in-it]

I fished this morning from 9-12 and the bite was really steady the first hour then got progressively tough. There were more boats than I have ever seen for a weekday in January. 

I fished an area with lots of trees and scattered shad. Kept the boat in 30-55 FOW.

The fish were eating 3 to 4.5" shad. The bite was aggressive but I did lose about 10. The fish used the entire water column and plenty broke the surface and that allowed me to catch several on a swimbait. 

I used ice jig, Damiki, 4" grub, 3.3" SB, and modified Tackle Max Shark tail worm on  a Damiki head.

WT 45 to 45.6

 

 

[Quillback]

It's funny about boat traffic, did not see one other fishing boat on Beaver today on the lower end.  

[Champ188]

13 hours ago, Quillback said:

It's funny about boat traffic, did not see one other fishing boat on Beaver today on the lower end.  

Coz I saw you first. 😆😄

[Quillback]

4 minutes ago, Champ188 said:

Coz I saw you first. 😆😄

We did hear a boat motor start up then fade away into the distance...😃