Fishin yesterday afternoon

Well I finally got everything hooked up registered and ready to go so
I thought I would go out on a local lake.
Launched the boat and got the engine started pretty easily. Stayed
tied to the dock while I got the Lowrance 522C up and running. It's
the first time I used it on the water. Works pretty good but needs to
have the levels turned down on the sonar. The GPS seems to do what a
GPS is supposed to do.
I worked the North shore which has a lot of pads and reeds. Mostly
shallow 3' to 5'. Used several types of jigs and jig head worms along
with spinner baits, twister tail tiny spinners and power worms. Not a
taker. Maybe it was the huge weed cutting machine that was working
the North shore also. I never did fish close to him.
I worked a couple of nice coves and never got a hit. Worked to the
back of one cove and found a channel going out of the back of it.
Water temps on the lake were 64+ and in the cove going into the
channel were 65 to 69 degrees. The coves and channel had no beds that
I could see and I looked over a lot of sandy areas along shore and in
the channel. The water level appears to be down about 7 feet. I
cruised slow into the main center of the lake and talked to several
other fishermen. Most thought the Bass and Crappies would be
spawning. Only one boat with three guys had fish and that was only 2
small 1 1/2 pound Bass and 12 inch Crappie. They had been out for
most of the day. The deepest part of the lake is only 8 to 12 feet
and there does not appear to be any channels running through it.

All in all it was a good time. I need to take the wooden deck apart
cause it is starting to give up the ghost. I also know I have leaks
in my live well plumbing and I want to change to a different type and
shape live well.
Also remembered the prop on the engine is too small and I need to
change it out with my spare. Revs up real quick :{

I may go out tomorrow and try the main lake instead of the North
shore.
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Dan TOASTY in Florida for now

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Always good to get on the water. Early bass often bed very shallow
here - not sure about there. I look for very protected waters less
than two feet deep.

Ronnie

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On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:47:12 -0800 (PST), Ronnie
backed into a tree whilst ridin inna park
then wrote:

Always good to get on the water. Early bass often bed very shallow
here - not sure about there. I look for very protected waters less
than two feet deep.

Ronnie

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I didn't cover all of the shallows but enough on the North shore that
was protected behind reed beds to think they may not be in yet. The
area leading into the channel was very sheltered also and no beds
there either. I have to find out more about the smaller lake at the
other end of the channel. There are several areas off the channel
that looked like they would be absolutely great if the water was up.
Lookin at wundermap at weather underground showed me the areas I was
lookin at from the water. These areas, with about a 7 foot rise in
water depth look like they would be where the Bass would spawn. Now
they look like areas only airboats can get through. There appeared to
be evidence of that along the shore. The little lake at the end of
the channel must be deeper than these areas cause I've been told it
holds enough water for boats to get around and fish.
I'll go across the lake to the channel real slow and quarter back and
forth looking for structure on my way.

Thought a surface temp of 65 to 69 in the shallows would trigger
spawning???

Dan

I would think they would spawn with water that warm, especially with
the full moon last week. Seen any signs of old beds? A trick worm
worked around shallow cover might pick upsome bucks guarding fry.

Ronnie

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On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 19:19:07 -0800 (PST), Ronnie
backed into a tree whilst ridin inna park
then wrote:

I would think they would spawn with water that warm, especially with
the full moon last week. Seen any signs of old beds? A trick worm
worked around shallow cover might pick upsome bucks guarding fry.

Ronnie

http://fishing.about.com

Nope, didn't see new or old beds and everyone said the Bass a full of
eggs. Not sure what is going on. Maybe it's cause we have had
several hard freeze nights in the last couple of weeks. Not sure what
is happening. prolly go out tomorrow and check around some more.
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Dan TOASTY in Florida for now

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