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Mama said there'll be days like this
There'll be days like this, mama said
(Mama said, mama said)
Mama said there'll be days like this
There'll be days like this, my mama said
(Mama said, mama said)

That song was in my head today.

I didn't know what to expect today as the numbers have been waning but we had to give it a go.

Bob and I met at the "O" ramp at 7:15a. It was 39dF!

Saw Capt. Rich Johnson of Osprey Charters but he was going to after bass 1st and then maybe some afternoon shad.

Water temp when we started was still at 58dF and topped out a little over 60dF. Perfect water temps for them.

As I almost always do, I headed up top and caught one fairly quickly. No pic of that one but got another fairly quickly.



I did manage 10 more up there and Bob got a few.



Some of them were herring.

I froze for the 1st hour or so!

So we dropped down and it was a bit slow for a while.

Finally, we went to Bob's spot and I think we got around 20 or so there.






They were down deeper (but would cone up to hit the spoon or dart) when the sun was up (and warmed us up a bit).

I managed a double and I think we each had 2 in a row once. The bite was definitely slow although we had a few mini flurries. Biggest fish was 17.5".

There were 3-4 shore shad fishers but I never saw them catch one. There was also another boat who spent a ton of time trolling. They only caught a few.

At the end, we ended with 55 fish which was a bit more than what I anticipated. Maybe we'll get a cloudy day for the next trip (Monday).

The wind was a non factor for most of the day but we did get 4-5 gusts which concerned us but nothing ever materialized. I think the air temp was around 61dF when we took out.

Lunch at Brickmaker's was great, as always. We both had burgers.