I tried my hand at the same local lake I was at the day before, this time with the boat. It is a trolling motor only lake w/ no pier at the launch so I had to get wet putting the boat in and taking it out. Not too bad though when the temps are approaching 80 :wink: Water temps at the launch were 54 and made it all the way to 63 in the far NW corner which was being pounded by the wind. Ended up with 5 bass. 3 on chatters, and 2 on traps. Not much size to speak of. I did have a really nice fish on that shook its head at the boat and threw the hook. That one was disheartening but I made the mistake of keeping the rod tip high with the wind pushing the boat away from the fish. I lost another hawg as Shabbona last Spring for making the same mistake 
I guess a net would of helped too :roll: Oh well, still fun to get out. I have one pic to post when I get a chance to upload. The main reason I wanted to put a post up was to illustrate the difference in water temps and how important it is to follow the wind on days like yesterday. I did not get bit anywhere with the water temp under 60 8)
I guess a net would of helped too :roll: Oh well, still fun to get out. I have one pic to post when I get a chance to upload. The main reason I wanted to put a post up was to illustrate the difference in water temps and how important it is to follow the wind on days like yesterday. I did not get bit anywhere with the water temp under 60 8)
