Rough out today, lots of wind which made boat control and line control difficult at times. Made 2 laps around this lake hitting various types of emergent and submergent cover. The fish seem to be staging on transition banks right now as the water is still only 44-45*. I caught one and lost one on a carolina rig in 12' of water where the bottom breaks from shallower to deeper water. Also tried lipless cranks, suspending jerkbaits, Jika rigged plastics and jigs from depths of 6 inches to 10 feet with no takers.
The wind started kicking up even more so I bailed out. I would say this weekend should start producing the greenies!
Used the newspaper trick so the negative nancies can go ahead and stop before they start :)
However that meant I didn't want to take the time to weigh the fish too so I would guess 3.2-3.5lbs.
Tight lines!


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