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I ran into Ernie and Bob at the ramp a little before 8:00am. Not planned, but I knew they were going out. Water clarity was better and the level was right around 5 foot at POR. Ernie ran further upriver, so I started at the head of and island. Nada. Worked the flooded island a little and managed a major backlash when my back cast caught a branch with my chatterbait. I did not get any bites there. I ran across the river and found out I could not unhook my anchor to attach the drag chain. I messed with it, bit it was jammed. I decided to run back to the VA side and float the island. I had to either float or anchor. My first bite came mid morning on a tube near shore. It was a 17.75" chunk that really helped brighten my day.
I floated and hooked another fish on the tube, but it got off. I ended up working that area again and did not get a bite until near the end of the island where I anchored. I lost one fish and then finally hooked up with this 14.5" LM (on a tube) that looked a little beat up on one side. It had a super red mouth from eating crayfish.
I caught one more fish about 20 minutes later, but it was the same dumb LM. I was off the water by 4pm and avoided the ramp fiasco of yesterday. I think the fish are on the move and spreading out some. Should be better as the water temps stay near 50 or above.
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Nice going!
Both Bob and I left our tubes behind but I wanted to concentrate on moving baits so it worked out.
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I tried a lot of baits. Chatterbait (until I birdnest), Keitech swimbait, spinnerbait, 3" ika (caught LM 2nd time), several crankbaits, 1 jerkbait, spinner jig, jig and chunk. Just happened I caught them on the tube
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