It would seem that the last few weather changes have been falling on my off Fridays and making for some tough fishing. I got a late start around 10:00am and focused on the south end of the lake today, hoping to find some hungry fish. What I found instead was a ton of bait and no takers. I guess I missed the dinner bell and all the trout were done eating by the time I made it out on the water. Also, it looks like the Cedar’s runoff has created a thermocline of some type that has set up at around 60’ in this area. The water around the south tip of Mercer has about 3 to 4 feet of visibility and that diminishes the further south you go until you end up with around 6 inches at the mouth of the Cedar. Had a steady wind out of the south and the rain was on and off for most of the day. Pulled a few different lures around, hoochies, spinners, cutplug and spoons. All were left untouched except for the cutplug which enticed a smallie around the mouth of May Creek in 20’ of water just in time to keep the skunk off the boat.