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I decided to get out before the rain and try my luck.  I got on the water a little after 7:00am.  It was foggy.



I did not travel as far as usual.  The water was stained and was at the peak of a bump to about 4.7 feet.  I decided to see if there was clearer water next to an island.  I anchored in a promising spot and after a few casts, caught this healthy 17.5"er that put up a strong fight in the current.





It bit the wacky stinger.  I tried a tube and a ned, but no more bites. 

Things dried up for a while.  I drifted and anchored.  Tried small cranks, tubes, ned, jig and spinnerbait.  Water was getting more stained in the main river.  I considered going further up, but decided to just continue.  I finally got one more fish on the stinger in a shoreline eddy.  This one was only 13", but very dark and thick.



Neither fish looked really spawned out, but the first one could have had some tail wear.  The clouds thickened and the wind picked up a little, so I got off the water before 1:00pm.

I did see some surface feeding, so topwater time is about here.  Lots of dead bugs on the water and some flying.

Last edited by drxfish (May-07-21 11:18AM)