A quality day at LCR

[Corker]

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.

[Doodlum]

Good job Cork. Nice catch..

[HeyCharlie]

Nice report Corker!! Great looking fish. Weather first part of next week doesn't look good at all, and I have to be in Richmond Friday. Oh well,,, LCR will still be there 2 weeks from now :D

[Corker]

LCR will still be there 2 weeks from now

Last year was strange, but in 2011 the LCR bite continued strong until the middle of June. As an added bonus, a 2-week delay should put you into some excellent shellcracker fishing!

[HeyCharlie]

Hey, forgot to tell you... Shellcrackers (100's) where stacked up at Anna point landing my last trip there.. ( they have a kids feeding station, keeps a lot of big fish close by)
Last yr, I watch a guy fishing there, he was keeping them in bucket. he said he landed 20 keepers in 10min!

[papermouth scaler]

Gratz on the citation and yet another good day on the water

[undertheradar]

excellent.

[guscipi]

Thanks for the report. Thinking about hitting Lcr Sat or Sunday.

[wasabi]

'nother citation. Seems like you're having a good year.

[dwaw]

way to go richard, nice looking fish!