Weatherwise, yesterday didn't begin as a high-quality day.



The weatherman said it was supposed to be a sunny day with shirtsleeve temps...so much for the weatherman.
Temp at launch was in the very low 50s & it never quite made it to 70. The "sunny" part took a while, too. Nevertheless,
the WT was mid-60s, the lake was at full pool, and visibility was excellent. I marked a few fish at stops #1 and 2,
but the bite was weak. Stop #3 produced a stronger bite, several pike, and this 14.5-incher.



After a couple more specks and little YP, I moved to spot #3 where one of my minnows was smacked immediately
by this 15-incher. That spot held a lot of pike, a few YP, and the most crappies of anywhere during the day.



Spot #4 yielded a 14.75-incher, and by the end of the morning, there was also a 13.75.



At the end of the day, the clicker read 29, but 13 of them were large enough to keep (>10"). With one exception,
I fished nothing but proven spots that have delivered in past springs, and my baits never left the depth range of 10' to 14'.
Wood seemed to make the difference. I caught fish in places with submerged wood & places without it did not deliver.

All fish were released to grow up.