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Got out early again after the rain from last night.  Was not sure what to expect.  On the water by around 5:30am.



Water was not bad and no real rise.  I wanted to try to see if they would hit the Whopper Plopper.  I tried a 75 size and got hits, but it took a couple casts until I hooked up.



They did not seem too excited about it, so I tried a little underspin and that was the ticket.  Not as much fish busting, but they were feeding.  Mostly small to medium size fish.















That lure got messded up, so I threw one of my jigs and felt a good take.  I set the hook and it broke off.  I should have checked that knot.  I tried a different toadstool jig with a Missile Ned Bomb and they liked that.  This one was my big fish for the day.







I ended up with 15 at that spot and then it slowed.  I made a move to a similar spot.  They were still biting there.  Got my 2nd plopper fish.





Continued with the underspin.





And my other jig.







And a Z-Man Goat on a wobble head.



I had 20 at that point and made another move.  This spot had some feeding fish.  Wobble head and tube worked well.

















Even a nice catfish that was tough to release as he got his spines all wrapped in the net.



Last fish at that spot. 



I had 31 smallies and one catfish.  Sun was out and I made a longer run.  It was clearer mid-river, so I tried that a little.  I threw a crankbait and hooked a smaller fish that self-released at the boat.  Then I hooked another.





It was getting humid, and I tried throwing cranks, wobble head and chatterbait.  I was pretty much beat after lunch, so I headed back.  I made a couple brief stops and threw a crankbait, only missed one smallie and had a near slow motion attack from a big catfish.  Off the water by 12:30pm with a final tally of 32 healthy smallies and the one catfish.  And a good case of bass thumbs.

Last edited by drxfish (Jun-09-25 10:12PM)