Well the weather forecasters got it right and we received our clear and sunny day for the Thanksgiving weekend. The fog was thick as I launched at Newport and made a cautious run north to Hunt’s Point. I had picked up some large McMahon spoons at the tackle swap and wanted to give them a shot for use as dodgers. I figured that the 50/50 copper/brass combo would work well while the fog was blocking the sun and in the event that the water was stained from all the runoff from the recent rains. Surprisingly the waters seemed to be quite clear throughout the lake and I stuck with my plan and tied on a small hoochie behind the large spoon. I worked over the normal depths where I was marking bait but had no takers. I worked my way into shallower water and had a take at around 40’. The fish was large and did some acrobatics and somehow managed to bust my leader as it neared the boat, not the way I wanted to start off the day. I re-rigged with a mini Apex and sent the gear back down, continuing to work the shallows. This paid off as I was able to bring several fish to the boat, including a toad of a fish that Slabman watched me boat and photographed for me. He did a great job with the pics, thanks a ton Slabman, as I wasn’t able to do the fish justice with the hand held video I took. I did give it a short go for perch around Luther Burbank, but by that time the sun had dropped behind the hill and they didn’t seem interested in taking my spoon. The winds were mainly out of the North and picked up speed as the day wore on while the barometer remained fairly steady throughout the day.