First and foremost, i should start off with the forecast that i checked twice before heading out today. Clouds early, giving way to sun later, high 64, EAST WIND 5 - 10 MPH. That is the important part. Instead, after the clouds cleared out around 9am and i picked up my order from Bass Pro Shop in Council Bluffs, the winds were out of the Northeast 15 - 20 mph.

The result of this miscalculation by the weather guys was, in my opinion the difference maker from catching the little guys and catching the big ones. I headed to my favorite location, on the west bank, expecting that east wind to blow lightly towards me, instead the northeast wind constantly threw my lure farther to the west than i would have liked to been, not to mention the decent waves and current made it difficult to keep the spinner blade rotating while retrieve with the wind and many time the lure would run at an odd angle once again because of the waves and current. I did land two small lm bass on a white curly tail jig. I switched spots to make up for the northeast breeze by moving to my second favorite spot on the south bank, i caught a few bluegills and green sunfish, but still no biggies. Finally i moved to this peninsula on the east side of the lake where trees cutoff the northeast and east breeze so i could fish some steadier water, the result was a more aggressive bite than in the choppier waters but the size of the fish didn't improve much.

I took a break to eat lunch, restroom, and rethink my strategy with this pesky northeast breeze and hope it would die down and maybe switch to more of an east wind. Went back out again to the first spot on west bank and this time since the sun was no longer hiding behind the high clouds, i made my switch from just using jigs to the inline-spinners. The result was no better than it was before, picked up a few little wipers but nothing else, i later changed to jigs again, didn't make a difference.

I dunno, maybe the 20 degree temp drop difference from the past few weeks have turned the larger fish off or forced them deeper. I got snagged about a dozen times because the current or wind took the lure in areas that were heavy with structure or somewhere i didn't know what was underneath the water. Thankfully i didn't lose any lures.

So yes, it was a very frustrating day hoping that wind would come down or change direction, but it just never did. I would call it my first bust of the year, but i did pull in fish today, just not big enough to fill up a frying pan, maybe a few fishsticks.

It's not looking like a very good next 7 - 10 days for fishing either. Friday, wind will be a problem, Saturday storms, Sunday is Easter, and from Monday until Thursday temps probably won't reach 60 until more rain comes in late next week. Guess it would be a good time to get more crappie attractant and let some of my new spinners and plastics soak in it.