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I got out early and was on the water about 5:30am.  Sunrise was beautiful.



I started fishing the MD side for a little while and then floated half of Ernie's island.  The water was a little stained and the level was 2.75 feet at Point of Rocks.  There was a white fly hatch going on all morning, but little surface activity.  The carp were active on the shorelines.  After no bites there, I decided to run further upriver and float about 3/4 of the next island up.  I was throwing a 1/8 oz white buzzbait, a TRD TicklerZ on a weedless ned head , a tube on a SWM head and crankbaits.  I tried a spinnerbait, but conditions were not right.  It remained cloudy most of the morning and the water temp was just under 73 degrees.

A little more than halfway down the island, I felt a bite on the tube and set the hook into a decent fish.  It fought hard and I finally netted the 17" smallie.





That was my biggest smallie from the UP this year.  It was healthy.

I had company.  A deer and a Bald Eagle Family.  I was just able to get one adult and the juvenile.






I ran up to work an area of the MD shore and this fella would not budge.



I saw another deer and a black squirrel along with gray ones.  The sun broke through the clouds about 10:30am and it started to get hot.  I hooked one more smallie about 10 inches on the tube, but it self released at the boat.  I did not get any more bites.  There were lots of the little white flies on the surface.




I got off the water about 11:30am as the park was getting busy.  Nice morning with not much action fish-wise.

Last edited by drxfish (Jun-04-20 10:31AM)