Hi Folks, Ran my boat yesterday morning for bass with spin guests. Beautiful morning of fishing with flat calm conditions and low light until the sun rose. Water temperature was 72 degrees and the water was gin clear. I have guided mostly women and young ladies this last week and they have been putting on a fishing clinic. Let me assure everyone the fish do not care who is holding the spin rod or fly rod. Our lakes and rivers are low and yes we need rain. Witnessed an interesting phenomena early in the day as there were large rainbows holding in deep water boiling on bait fish. You could see their noses poking up out of the water. It would happen for 30 seconds and then they would disappear. Saw this happen half a dozen times. Hard to get close to them to make a cast. We had nice flat conditions in the early morning with low light. We took advantage of the conditions and fished top water. A perch floating Rapala and a bass imitation popper worked well. We landed a solid 3lb largemouth on the Rapala and had several smallmouth come to the bass popper. As it became bright we fished below the surface with 5" motor oil colored Senkos. We focused on milfoil beds in 10' to 15' of water. The bass photoed was a legitimate 5lb smallmouth. One of the largest I have seen caught this season. Not a fish that is caught everyday. It was a hellluva of a fighter. Jumped and ripped drag off the reel. I had to net the beast. Pretty exciting. Anyway, we did catch a few other fish on the rubber, just nothing of this magnitude. Well, the fishing should only get better in the weeks to come as things cool off and we hopefully get some rain. Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home. Have Fun, Willy
