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I got out early to hit Burke Lake (aka, the dead sea).  It was a beautiful, cool morning with fog on the lake.

I fished a cove hard, trying wake baits, a whopper plopper 130, chatterbaits and swimbaits.  It was tough because the hydrilla was coming up to the surface in little patches sporadically, fouling the lures.  I finally got a small bass on a homemade buzzbait.  I was glad to get the skunk out.

It was not a pattern, though and I worked hard to finally get another bite.  I caught a smaller bass that bit a tube. Then I threw a lizard to the edge of the grass and when I was starting to reel it back, a nice 23" pickerel slammed it.

I decided to move more toward the middle of the cove and throw a chatterbait.  After a while, I caught a decent 17"+ LM that inhaled the chatterbait.


I moved around and tried different baits, but did not catch any more after the sun got high.  I ended up eating my lunch and heading back to the ramp at noon.  Not a bad morning.  Water was pretty stained, with just over a foot of visibility.

Last edited by drxfish (Jun-12-18 1:35PM)