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I got to the ramp about 6:40am.  It was chilly.  The crew team was putting in their jon, but were off the ramp by the time I was ready.  Water looked good but is getting low and clear.

I tried a seam area for a while with bottom baits, but no bites.  There were turkeys calling on an island close by.  Very peaceful.  I floated out of there after a while and started casting a small swim bait and a little original craw pattern shad rap.  After a few casts, I hooked a fish.  It was a healthy 14.5" that did not want to sit still, but I gor this picture before releasing it.



I was excited thinking I may have a crankbait bite going.  Unfortunately, that was the only one.  I tied on a grub and rotated between two cranks and the grub and swimbait.  No love on that.   I decided to run back up to where I started.  I anchored right before a little deeper area and threw different baits, but I did get one bite that pulled down my tube from the jig head, but did not get hooked.

The sun was out and it was nice, but the fishing was slow.  I saw a few suckers, lots of carp were jumping and splashing and I even saw a couple smallies cruising, but nothing would bite.  After floating for a while after eating my PB&J sandwich, the wind picked up and it was getting hot.  I decided to call it a day and was off the water about 12:00pm.

Last edited by drxfish (Apr-13-23 10:31PM)