LittleDrummerBoy
Senior Member
Bite was OK. Boated 3 spotted bass and a channel catfish. All the bass were on Michigan Stinger spoons, catfish was on an Xrap. Most bites were lures trolled 30 feet deep.
Surface temp was 82 degrees F. Thermocline at 37 feet deep. Most fish marked on my Lowrance were below the thermocline, but I kept the lures closer to 30 feet deep to reduce snags and because fish will rise a bit to take them. Most fish were caught in the upper end of Flat Creek, in the open area above marker FC9, but still in 50-70 feet of water. There were lots of big bait balls also marked in this area. I probably would have caught more fish had I gotten to this area earlier, but I was puttering around Balus Creek getting sunrise pics for a contest and watching deer play on the N bank as the sun rose.
Stopped at Oakwood Bait and Tackle on the way home and bought a couple Cpt Macks umbrella rigs. My hope is to troll these 15-20 feet deep and excite the fish below the thermocline to come up and get them. The trick is catching those deeper fish without snagging lures in the timber. It will get easier as the water cools and the thermocline rises to 20-30 feet deep.
Surface temp was 82 degrees F. Thermocline at 37 feet deep. Most fish marked on my Lowrance were below the thermocline, but I kept the lures closer to 30 feet deep to reduce snags and because fish will rise a bit to take them. Most fish were caught in the upper end of Flat Creek, in the open area above marker FC9, but still in 50-70 feet of water. There were lots of big bait balls also marked in this area. I probably would have caught more fish had I gotten to this area earlier, but I was puttering around Balus Creek getting sunrise pics for a contest and watching deer play on the N bank as the sun rose.
Stopped at Oakwood Bait and Tackle on the way home and bought a couple Cpt Macks umbrella rigs. My hope is to troll these 15-20 feet deep and excite the fish below the thermocline to come up and get them. The trick is catching those deeper fish without snagging lures in the timber. It will get easier as the water cools and the thermocline rises to 20-30 feet deep.