Hi Folks, Had a nice day guiding on the opening of bass season Saturday. The lake we fished had a surface temperature of 60 to 63 degrees. Pretty calm conditions with a slight breeze by midday as well as rain. Interestingly the water temperature was 10 degrees cooler than when I had visited this week 8 days prior. We worked for our fish as the bass were not super aggressive. We landed a 6 largemouth, 2 smallmouth, and a 2 pike. We finessed the bass with 5" green colored Senkos as well as of one the pike. The largest pike of the day was caught on a stick bait with a white buck tail tag. All of the largemouth were in and around milfoil beds in 2' to 5' water. The smallmouth were holding on the first significant drop off from shore along hard rocky bottom. The pike were cruising on the outside edges of big milfoil beds. Good opening day of bass season. Off to chase trout this afternoon. Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home. Have Fun, Willy
