4/18

We tried the sundown bite last night for bass and had some success. They are definatle going into spawn right now. A sure sign of that is blooming lilac bushes. Even with temps in the 80's and a south-west wind for the past 3 days, it's still tough to get anything to go out there.
We are targeting PRE-spawn fish and possibly POST-spawn fish in deeper areas than the actual spawning fish.
Again..we can not stress this enough. WE DO NOT ADVOCATE FISHING FOR SPAWNING FISH! It isn't very sporting and proves nothing about the skill of the angler. All it does is damage the fishery and the potential for a good year class.
We manages to get a few fish including a nice 16" smallie on a fish-n-spin and a 17" smallie on a Zara Puppy...the first topwater smallie of '05! There were many crappies caught while waiting for the bass to turn on as well as a yellow bass, a couple bluegills and even a green sunfish . Mike lost a monster smallie on his signature buzzbait and I missed one as well that blew up on a Sammy topwater stickbait but missed the hooks.
there's a major weather change happening in Chicagoland tonight. So get out and fish today if you can...it should be pretty good. temps are in the 80's and going into the 50's tomorrow. They gotta eat NOW!
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