I for one DONT just go with what the fish tell me , but this scenario made it pretty clear to me along with the reports I had from some other anglers on this water body .I heard from others the fish were gone this last week , and 2 weeks ago there were lots all over the lake up shallow . I myself enjoyed the bounty about 2 weeks ago in a light rain one day .
This visit I hit the lake about 6 am and found some really beat up fish shallow around beds . The females were obviously egg less with shredded tails and the males were basically small and looked like they had been in a blender .
The lake has started its algae bloom and moss was thick in a lot of spots . There may be another wave of fish in the near future, but it isn't likely from what I have seen on this lake in the past . The bluegills will likely be up this week and I think I got a few bluegill bites back in a creek where I also found a few post spawn small female crappie in the main channel .
The state fisheries biologist I chatted with last week about the local crappie spawn told me that with the cold spring we have had and the slow movement to the shallows this year it was likely to go really hard and fast when it did occur.
The fish were all about 3 foot under a float and one bass made me think I had a really big crappie on my line and I used orange and hot pink jigs and got my line broke one time as well . The bite STOPPED totally as soon as the sunlight got pretty good about 7 45 am .
sometimes it is what it is ….next lake please
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