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I was torn whether to fish today or tomorrow, but decided to get out today due to possible thunderstorms tomorrow.  It was chilly (50's), so I got out a little later.  I was on the water a little after 7:00am.   Mix of sun and clouds with a light breeze.  The water was more stained than yesterday which was a disappointment.  I tried fishing downstream for a while, but got no bites.  I ran up to the flooded island and finally caught a small fish on a swimbait.  I then caught another small one on a spinnerbait.  That took me to about 11am and the bite shut down,  I tried some blowdowns on the inside of an island, but just caught one small SM on a crankbait.  I ran upriver a little ate my lunch and caught another small SM on a different crankbait.  I floated back to the flooded island and then DNR stopped by to check me.  No fish there, so I decided to float the islands back. 

I stopped and worked a couple areas and finally caught a 16.25"er on the TRD craw.

Then a 15"er on a swimbait.

It was after 3:30pm, so I ran down to float the next island before calling it a day.  I was throwing a swimbait and a stupid rigged tube and had a 16"er chase the tube down.


A little while later, I hooked a better fish on the tube.  It was 18.75" and bit the tube good.



I was almost at the end of the island and it had been a long day.  The bite definitely got better in the afternoon.  I even saw evidence of some topwater activity.  I finished with 8 smallies.  The bite should get better with the warmer weather coming up as long as it doesn't storm too much.

Last edited by drxfish (May-22-19 3:06PM)