03-23-2010, 09:00 AM
<br /> Hit the Riverpark today at 9AM and fished until 12:30. Awsome day on the water. We started on our usual pre-spawn area throwing spinnerbaits (what else). Within the first 10 minutes I hook and boat a really nice 2.5-2.75 lb spot. Real chunk of a fish and for some reason did not get a pic. We continued to throw spinnerbaits and catch fish until the sun got high and the fish turned off. Alvin got a chunk of a LM in the 2.75 lb range on a spinnerbait before they quite hitting it. The fish stopped hitting the spinnerbaits mainly due to the high sun with flat water. No wind = no spinnerbait fish usually. <br /> We switched over to tubes and continued to catch fish. I landed a really nice 18.5&amp;quot;, 3.5 lb smallie on my first cast with a tube. Unreal. The last fish of the day was a 7-8 lb durm caught by Alvin on a tube.<br /> We end up boating 16 spots, 1 LM, 1 smallie, and 1 drum. Our best 3 bass went about 8.5 lbs and out best 5 went around 11 to 11.5. Water temp was around 49-50 degrees. Up 4-5 degrees from 2 weeks ago but we are going to to have hit high 50&#39;s before the spots start showing up in force. Most of our fish today were males. Water depth today was between 5-15 feet of water seemed to hold the most fish.