06-17-2023, 04:00 PM
(06-17-2023, 03:49 PM)doitall5000 Wrote: Maybe you found a warmer spot of water in the east end, a little shallower water. About 11 o'clock I boated over to the feed lot and no one was there. Did see lots of shade balls. Thought I might find you but no.
Actually, the water where I found the fish was a degree or so cooler than where I had been fishing out from the feed lot...closer to where the water is coming in from the inlet. And I was still in the 21 to 22' depth range. But all the fish I was seeing on sonar were orienting to the bottom, so I figured they may be a little less active and want a slower presentation. So I went from trolling cranks to slow dragging my whirly flig crawler rigs...at between .5 and 1 mph. Got bit within a couple of minutes of using that approach and limited out in the next hour and a half.
You probably couldn't find me because I am such a small guy...and that bright red tube is hard to see too. But I was a long ways south from the feed lot by 11...and right in the middle of my catching period. If you had shown up I probably wouldn't have talked to you. That's how I roll.
I also saw lots of shad blobs. But I suspect they are still very small and it will be at least a month before they contribute a lot to the food chain.