Warm, light wind and no touristas= good time for fishing. The morning was hot (shorts, sandals and t-shirt.) giving way to a cloudy and more comfortable afternoon. Launched out of St. Albans Bay launch (only five other rigs in the lot). I did my usual stay close to home port tour staying within about 3 miles from the launch. Fished from 9:30-5:30 covering 5 different locations, all but one in search of small mouth. Saw water temps 67-69. Water clarity good, but a lot of algae floating around. Boated 24 keepers ,but one a small mouth. Even though water temps haven't dropped that much, the fish seem to be in much shallower water than just a week ago. I followed one shoreline stretch in 8-10 fow and caught 3 fish. I reversed course and headed back to where I started, but in 4-5 fow. This time I caught 12. Small rocky points seemed to be attracting the fish. A favorite offshore hump was the next best stop. Interestingly here the deeper edges (8-10') around the hump (4-5') were the most productive. Only one stop didn't produce and that was a large mouth spot that had been productive lately. Spent about 20 minutes with no bites and moved.
In the shallower water the wacky rigged Senko was a great producer. In the deeper water the drop shot with X Zone slammers and a shaky head with a Yum Gonzo Grub were more effective than the Senko. I also tried a football head jig rigged with a Sweet Beaver with no result. Also tried a Chatterbait with a Zoom Fluke as a trailer with no takers.
Most fish in the 2-2.75 range.
Pardon my lack of skill at picture taking. Largest of the day 3.5 lb SM
Looking to get out again soon.
Bob
