Apr 08 2012
William Fetech
Toad
I fished this site from 7:30 until about 5 PM and caught about 65 ( nothing of any large size) and probably missed aboutn15.
Conditions:
Air temp: 45 - 84
Water temp:68 - 74
Clarity: 4 ft along banks; 2-3 out deep
I fished the first hour trolling slowly along the banks with a black buzz bait, but no takers. I switched to shallow cranks ( white, red, green/chart.) and had very good results. Also yellow fluke was productive, but I did lose several good bites. Most were caught on the white and green/chart. shallow crank. Most were aggressive bites and all the fish looked healthy. I did catch several dinks, but most were 1-2 lbs.
After lunch, I tried deep cranks and caught two immediately on a green/pearl color. That bite died and I returned to the shallow cranks. Also tried a silver/green rattle trap with success. As I was getting ready to leave the deep crank starting hitting