Beautiful weather trip, fish were finicky, lure selection was key…white perch are showing up in the deep hole whereas the big bass are chasing Alewive hatchlings right out of the water. Casted into the center of a fleeing group and nailed this big guy.

Have been offering a modified afternoon trip, the target is 5:30 PM till dark or a little after. Focused on the deeper holes next to structure. Massive schools of white perch as well as nighttime hunters. It’s a spooky good time.

In the calm the bass were surface feeding or “gorging” on alewive hatchlings and pickerel were bathing in the sun on the rocky points. No monster bass in thus run but the pickerel were definately beefy!!

Evening 6 pm launch, deephole on the backside of the lake. Bite hit around 7 ish. Nothing showing on the finder as they were hovering behind the boat at 4 feet depth. Fast as you can catch and rebait. 2 pounders we call humpbacks are coming.

Three day trip before the rains sat in again. Water is normal depth for this time of year. Didn’t see much top water activity.. strong winds, bigger Fisher deeper except in the early a.m. hours. Tiny white perch, blanketing the bottom of the deep holes.. some predatory action from large chain pickerel . Sizable fallfish as well

The water temperature is starting to increase, we’re getting closer to 70° in the top 6 inch layer and that’s when everything is really gonna turn on. The average catch size of smallies seems to be growing each year and this spring is no different..