On the way home from Grandy I swung by Big Lake to check the wind conditions and found it to be very manageable so I stopped to fish for a bit. I worked several docks with jigs, worms and Senkos without a bite. I fished the cove right by the launch and got bit on a jig but missed him. I ran down to the south end of the lake and immediately spooked a nice one under a dock in 2' of water! I continued through the pads and caught one 3lber on a frog.....unfortunately I missed 7 more blowups! Even tried following up the misses with a Senko but they wouldn't come back. I made two passes through the area and had blowups on the frog both trips. I tried dragging a Senko and a Jika rig through the pads hoping to get a response on a more subtle presentation but they didn't get a single bite. I even tried a slower frog and it didn't work either. Oh well, it's still exciting to see the water erupt, even when they forget to open their mouths!

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