Pacemaker Fishing Forum

I got out early for a half day trip.  Was hoping for topwater, or at least active fish.  Was on the water by 6am.  I made a run and anchored near the head of an island. 

I did not see any surface activity but I started throwing my little popper.  Right then, I saw some fish hitting the surface.  On maybe my second cast, I hooked a little smallie.  I could not remember where I put my phone, so no picture. 

I made another cast and hooked another little guy.



I missed another and then the surface activity died off, so I threw a little jig and craw. I caught another little smallie.  It was 6:17am.



That bite died, so I moved to mid-river and threw the jig.  After a couple casts, I hooked something bigger.  After a nice fight, I saw it was a catfish.



Next, I caught this little chunk.  Picture got washed out by flash.



And then a little better one.  Then one more on the jig.





I had 6 smallies and the catfish before 7:30am.

My little jig broke, so I switched to a keitech and caught a nicer one.





The bite slowed, but I continued to catch more smallies in the 13-14 inch range.  Mostly with the keitech and a Little Dipper swimbait.



No big fish, but they fought hard and I was having a blast.  Once the sun came out from the clouds around 10:30am, the bite really slowed and then shut down.

I ended up with 12 smallies and the one catfish.  I tried for a little while longer, but no bites after 11:00am.  Off the water before 1pm.  Best numbers day so far.  The fish were very active in the morning.

Last edited by drxfish (May-07-26 9:13PM)