We had yet another morning right at 45°F before sunrise.  This morning winds were light and from the west at sunrise, thus there was not as much of a chilly bite in the air as we had yesterday morning. With decreased wind velocity, fish interest was also decreased as compared to yesterday.

Still, we enjoyed a low-light bite in the first hour following sunrise, after which things got a bit tougher as the winds went slack prior to shifting out of the southeast on the lead edge of a warm-up.

We struggled a bit both finding and catching fish during this calm, but, as soon as the slightest ripple began from the southeast, the fish turned on and kept getting more aggressive right up until the winds peaked around 10:30 AM. During this time I hit two distinct areas several hundred yards apart and in similar terrain in about 30 feet of water.

I thoroughly coached Matt and Joe on using the white, 5/8 ounce, Bladed Hazy Eye Slabs they were using with a slow-smoking tactic in conjunction with Garmin LiveScope. The harder the wind blew, the faster the fish moved horizontally, the more willing they were to chase vertically, and the higher they would suspend off of the bottom. It is really amazing how white bass activity coincides with wind velocity.

These three areas I described gave up all of the 58 fish, Joe and Matt would catch this morning. That catch included 4 freshwater drum, 1 hybrid, striped bass, and 53 white bass.

100% of today’s catch was made on the white, 5/8 ounce Bladed Hazy Eye Slab used with a slow-smoking tactic.