I remember one year me and a buddy of mine decided to go fish the rip-rap in late May, 2 other buddies decided to go and see if there were still some fish on the bank, the water temps were 75-78 degrees. We killed them on the rip and my buddies killed them on the bank as well, the only difference was that our fish were spawned out and there's weren't. They had some monster females mixed with black colored males. If the lake stays stable with this next moon phase we are going to have one big spawn all over the lake! EB