I went for a brief morning “stay in touch” trip to see if the fish found this weekend were still in the same general areas.

This fat-bellied 5.25 pounder slammed a crankbait chosen to just tick the bottom up shallow just before a mild cold front pushed in.

The best fishing this morning came in the first hour of the day before the winds increased on the shift from NW to due N. During this time I boated 10 of the 24 fish taken during this trip.

These fish came primarily from the vicinity of Area 999 and were hitting crankbaits hard.

I also picked up one fish on the flatlines at Area 116.

As the wind began gusting, I headed to give the “circuit” at Areas 336, 703, and 319 a try, and found fish mainly congregated at between Area 319 and Area 343. I boated a number of these via crankbaits and then, with the location of the biting fish being in such a tight radius, gave lift-dropping a bladebait a try, which resulted in the final 4 fish of the morning being boated. A 3/8 oz. white/blue model did the trick on this effort. These fish were found along the 6 foot breakline at and just yards to the S. of Area 319.

TALLY = 24 FISH, all caught and released

TODAY’S CONDITIONS:

Start Time: 6:45a

End Time: 10:30a

Air Temp: 57F at trip’s start.

Water Surface Temp: ~57-58F

Wind: Winds were NNW7 at trip’s start, turning N and increasing to 15 by trip’s end.

Skies: Skies were high, clear, and blue with building high pressure.