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I got out early and fished from 6 until 12.  Water temps were 66-68 degrees and river is just below 2 feet. 



I decided to try topwater early and got two dinks on my little popper.  First topwater smallies.



The crew team headed my way so I ran upriver.  Bite was slow, but this lone swan was cool.



Next bite came on a little craw.  Another little guy.



I had something break off my craw.  Clean break.  Then it got slow.  The weather was still nice, so I just floated and tried different lures.  I finally got a bite on a Keitech swimbait.  Another small fish.  A while later I hooked another one on the swimbait.  Not big but it was chunky.



After I ate my sandwich, I hooked another smallie about 13 inches on the swimbait.

I heard the choppers coming upriver.  Only got one in the frame and almost missed it as it went over me.





It started to get a little hot and I planned to fish until noon, so I headed back around that time.  Fish are definitely spawning based on the few bites and size of fish caught.  Still a nice morning out.  5 smallies landed.

Last edited by drxfish (Apr-15-26 6:10PM)