4-15 to 4-17-05

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Jamie here with the past weekend's report:
Mike didn't get to fish this weekend so I'm taking on the report solo for the past three days. I had a couple trips of run & gun 1-2 hour expeditions.

Friday evening was a pretty good one. The late afternoon/sundown bite is in high gear right now. We can go most of the day and get a fish here and a fish there, but once sundown hits the action really heats up.
I got a few smallies and largemouth while hitting a quarry lake. All on Husky Jerks (Black & Gold) worked in the same manner that we've talked about all month.

Some of the smaller smallmouth bass are starting to hit now as the bigger females are starting to spawn. We leave them alone. We DO NOT advocate fishing for spawning fish!!! All fish do NOT spawn at the same time. Fish away from spawning zones to catch fish that are pre-spawn or post-spawn!!


This one is a 23" largemouth that hit in the exact same spot where Mike got his 24"er last week!


And a smaler 19"er (+-) . Notice how dark it had gotten.


Saturday I hit some local waters with our good friend Gary and we managed to get a few smallies and a couple largemouth. Nothing huge. I lost a few fish because I was trying out a new softer rod with mono .

Sunday was another short trip. With rains the previous night, 75 degree temps during the day and mostly cloudy skies with a southwest wind, we thought it would have been good. But sometimes the fish just don't cooperate as was the case on sunday from 10am-12. Rob (a friend of ours who owns Kolar Bait & tackle) managed to get 3 smallmouth bass, a 25" walleye and a carp. I got one very small largemouth bass and lost two big smallmouth bass.



later in the afternoon I went back for a very short trip to a smallie spot and got my one for the day. I couldn't take a total shut-out by Rob after he schooled me in the morning.


Sunday night Mike got back into town and brought his pet northern pike over to be released in Lago Casa. We fished for a few minutes ofcourse and picked off a few bluegills and crappies on 1/16oz white jigs with 1" twister tails set about 1 foot under a thill bobber and reeled in very slowly. The kids enjoyed catching a couple too!
Tonight (monday) Mike and I are heading out for the sundown bite on a prime smallmouth bass lake. Stay tuned for some pictures tomorrow!
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