Hi Folks, Guided a double smallmouth bonanza yesterday with a morning boat trip and afternoon boat trip. Water has warmed up with the surface temperature in both lakes I fished holding between 73 degrees to 76 degrees. Fairly calm in the morning with heavy fog. The afternoon was bright and sunny with a steady NW wind. We hammered the bass in the morning landing over 25 fish between 4" and 16". Nice mixed bag. Popper fishing was pretty good early morning and non-existent in the afternoon. We landed a nice jumping smallmouth on the first cast of the morning with a fire tiger chug bug. Most of our action came from Senkos in olive with red worm hooks. We located bass in 10' to 12' holding right off drop offs. Seemed like we hooked fish all morning long. In the afternoon, the fishing was slow to start. Probably due to the sun. As the low got low the bite really turned on. We set up the boat in 5' of water and cast out to 15' of water on the back edge of milfoil beds. All hard bottom that was littered with wood and rock. We caught 6 smallmouth and lost another 6 on a 5" green Senko. All quality fish in the 2lb to 3lb range. Really were coming out of the water. Great day on the water and good fun. Off to chase river bass this morning. Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home. Have Fun, Willy
