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Hi folks, Ran my boat yesterday with clients spin fishing for bass and pike.  Went up north and the weather was a bit chilly.  Over cast skies and damp with a slight north west wind.  Water temperature was 65 degrees and the lake level was up considerably from the recent rains.  We did not catch a lot fish yesterday but the ones we did were awful nice.  Quality over quantity.  We targeted pike with big spinners and fire tiger colored plugs.  We did not land a northern but had several large fish follow up to the boat only to turn off.  The pike did not appear to be overly interested in our presentations.  We did land several 2lb to 3lb plus largemouth bass and smallmouth bass.  Had one really big smallmouth take a top water.  The interesting thing for the day was how shallow of water all off the fish were holding in.  We saw every fish in less than 5' of water.  Could have to do with the water level being up.  Also, all of the fish were located in areas with big boulders and hard bottom that was littered with weeds.  We slowed thing down with Senkos fished slowly that seemed to be the ticket.  A real finesse bite.  This particular lake has a good amount of milfoil and I had to really clean the boat and trailer after the trip.  Off to trout fish this morning.  Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home.  Have Fun, Willy