06-15-2009, 09:00 AM
<br /> Hit the Chick at 6AM with snipe for a quick scoutting trip. We put in at HBSP and ran up river to find and fish some shell beds up river. Found them with no problem but the fish were not having it. We boated 4 off the beds with a nice keeper spot and 3 short LM. Fish around that spot for 1.5 hours or so then ran back downriver and fished a shell bed I found last year. Hooked a keeper on a spinnerbait only to have it throw it at me at the boat (?????) and on the next cast I stick a 14 incher which I boated. Fished around a litte longer and snipe sticks a keeper that comes unbuttoned at the boat and on his next cast he sticks another keeper that he boats. While this is going on I lay my C-rig down with the bait dangling in the water and guess what happens. A spot grabs the jerk shad and trys to leave with my rod!!!! Two trips in a row I have had this happen. This time however the 7 foot rod was too much for him to pull over and I was able to get the rod and the fish. That was it for our morning. Not much. All fish were on shell beds in 6-15 feet of water. Boated fish on cranks, spinnerbaits, 6&amp;quot; worm, tube, and brush hog. The lake was somewhat dead with not a lot of activity. No schooling at all.