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I decided today was the best day to hit the river (less wind and rain coming), but the morning was cold, so I hit the river at 9:00am.  I decided to start where Ernie and I caught our piggies last week.  While I was running up river I saw this deer crossing the river.

After losing a few lures and no fish, I decided to run further up river.  Level was about 4.5 feet at POR and water temps ranged from mid to high 40's.  I worked some shoreline eddies with finesse jigs, a tube and a swim bait in on George's SWM jig.  I finally got one on a jig that was just about 14.5"


I dropped back and got one more at another on a jig current break.  It was fatter and 14.75"

The weather man lied again as the 55 with light winds felt much colder and windy.  I ate my lunch and headed back down river.  I ducked into Goose Creek really quick, but the water was colder and nothing bit, so I moved again.  I worked an island shoreline and about halfway back I got bit on a chatterbait.  This one was a little over 15.5". 

I was a little surprised by that bite, but the chatterbait was easier to work with the boat drifting.  Not too much further down, I caught a bigger fish, at 17.5" on the chatterbait behind a log.


That turned out to be my biggest fish of the day.  I ended up catching one more dink on a crankbait.

I did not catch any more and the High School crew team was coming up river, so I went around them and tried one more spot for a few casts before leaving.  I was off the water about 5:45pm.  Decent day, but not as good as I had hoped.  Water was very clear in most spots.

Last edited by drxfish (Mar-20-19 4:49PM)