Slow Down Below

Got started about 630 Saturday morning below the dam with the wife. I don't know if it was because it's mother's day weekend or the fishing has slowed, but there weren't a ton of people like I was expecting with the weather. I say "slowed" it was still a good day lol.

The fishing was quite a bit slower than my previous trips this year. But we did catch some really nice fish, one of the biggest was the first fish of the day so that was a positive way to start. We fished until noon and ended up with 1 limit (7 good ones). 1lb6oz was our big fish of the day. We did have 4-5 to throw back and a few white bass/hybrids mixed in.

Fish seemed everywhere that day, 8-24 ft down scattered, but plenty around between crappie and whites/hyrids. Ran into a buddy down there and he and another were rigging also; 4 poles front, 2 rear and they managed 23 crappie and about 8-10 whites/hybrids. They were fishing all bare hooks with minnows.

I fished mainly 12-14 ft deep. Bare hook and minnow seemed to be best bite for us as well.