As the old adage goes, “Winds from the east, fish bite least.”  We definitely got a taste of that this morning as a stiff, cool east wind put a bit of a damper on the fishing.  We found fish, but getting them enthused about striking was a challenge most of the morning.

Unfortunately, we got off to a bit of a late start which cut into our chance at being on some prime early morning spots just as the skies were first brightening.  Once we got lines in the water, we had decent results right away, actually hooking 5 fish (but only landing one of them) during our very first trolling pass of the morning.  Afterwards, we were fortunate to pick up even a single fish per pass and noted steadily decreasing natural “sign”, especially while observing various fish-eating birds such as ospreys, gulls, and cormorants.  As the skies brightened through the grey clouds, the east wind continued to blow and cool us down, and weekend boat traffic built, the bite slowed down very quickly and stayed tough the rest of the trip..

We trolled early on with fair success, then did some horizontal work with Cicadas up shallow and again met with fair success, then returned to trolling with little to show for it, then ended the trip slabbing in deeper water, adding 5 more fish to our tally.

For our efforts today, we boated 1 freshwater drum, 2 largemouth bass, 3 white crappie, and 13 white bass.