Found this on the bank of Lake X today, along with hundreds of others. The lake was down at least a foot since the last time I was there and the mussels were lining sections of the bank. Mickey and I showed up around 9:30 and started fishing around 10:00. The bite was slow to nonexistent to start and did not pick up much all day. We thought we did a good job of fishing by thoroughly working the tops. I think the fish were there just watching our offerings go by. Mickey broke the ice when he enticed one to hit a spinnerbait. He caught another one on a redeye shad just casting around the boat out in the open, or so we thought. Making the same cast again, he hung on the log that the fish had been hanging around. I missed one because I had forgotten to set my drag. When I put my rods up for the day, I loosen the drags in an effort to keep them free and smooth. A little later another bit the plastic and made it to the long handle net distance. Another came in on the chigger craw on a rugby head jig a little later. We were about to quit and load up when Mickey suggested fish the concrete ramp since the wind was blowing straight in to it. I lost another to a weak hookset because of a bow in my line (that’s my excuse) and caught another before we quit. We ended the day with 5 fish and a nonweighed FOD of around 4 pounds.

Hal and I met at the Wallace Creek landing this morning at 7:30 and started fishing right at the ramp. I caught a 5 pound bass last year on a small point close to the landing very quickly and Hal did the exact same thing today.

That’s where the similarity to last years trip ended. We had a long dry spell afterward. The water was a rather cold 52 degrees to start and by 3:00 was up to 57 on the windblown side. The wind blew the water on top that had been warmed by the sun over to the North bank. When the water warmed, the fish bit a little more but only a little. Another issue was that as we fished around, we watched four boats fish the same spots we had fished or wanted to fish. Those spots had already been worn out. Take a number and get in line. We ended up catching 8 with the aforementioned 5 pound FOD.