Kim City - June 28 - Flooded shallow bite is getting better

[Dock-in-it]

I fished shallow the last two mornings and the bite is picking up. There was a slow period for several days after the shad spawn fizzled and the COE was not running much water. Once the COE started dropping the lake it appears to be having a positive effect on the bite.

I am using of a spinnerbait and plopper and both are working well. A buzzer will work but I have not committed much time throwing it.

Yesterday morning I had 6 keeper LM with 4 on a spinner and 2 on the plopper.

This morning I had 4 keeper LM with 3 on a spinner and 1 on the plopper. I also lost 2 good LM on the plopper.

The deal with using a moving bait is the best bite window is the first 90 minutes of daylight (6-7:30).  After that timeframe the bites are few and far between. About 90% of the time I am fishing locations where I can hit the bank.

WT 85-86

 

[Champ188]

On 6/28/2025 at 11:56 AM, Dock-in-it said:

I fished shallow the last two mornings and the bite is picking up. There was a slow period for several days after the shad spawn fizzled and the COE was not running much water. Once the COE started dropping the lake it appears to be having a positive effect on the bite.

I am using of a spinnerbait and plopper and both are working well. A buzzer will work but I have not committed much time throwing it.

Yesterday morning I had 6 keeper LM with 4 on a spinner and 2 on the plopper.

This morning I had 4 keeper LM with 3 on a spinner and 1 on the plopper. I also lost 2 good LM on the plopper.

The deal with using a moving bait is the best bite window is the first 90 minutes of daylight (6-7:30).  After that timeframe the bites are few and far between. About 90% of the time I am fishing locations where I can hit the bank.

WT 85-86

 

Babler defines "shallow" as anything less than 30 feet. Happy to see from your pic backgrounds that you and I are much closer together on the real definition. 
Nice spinnerbait choice, too. Hard to beat a War Eagle.