Bassin

Saturday turned out to be colder and windier than forecast but still fish able. We're still finding fish in shallow water which is great on the fly rodWe ended up catching a hickory shad too which I've never caught in the main part of the bay

Trout fishing

Friday we hit a local stocked stream to fish for trout. I do very little freshwater fishing and even less trout fishing so it was a fun experience. Having this five minutes from the house is great

 

We went back on Sunday and found one more

Finally!!

The last two weeks have seen some much warmer weather and the bay has gotten to a decent temp for some good fishing. The kill season opened on Saturday but with the new regulations I'm hoping a lot fewer breeding fish were killed than in years past. Saturday was very slow for us. We didn't catch the first fish for a few hours until Bleier got this nice one:

We decided to fish for a while after that and I tied into this nice fish:

The fish was about 36" and wicked fat and heavy indicating she had not spawned out yet. All fish were obviously released. 

Very excited to see some fish around!!

Slow start to the season

The season has been off to a slow start. They bass have been appearing sporadically in the mid bay probably as a result of the cold early spring slowing down the warm up of the bay. Mr Bleier's Facebook reminder showed a picture of a 28" bass we caught two years ago today which tells me we need to get out in shallow water again soon!

Last weekend we fished hard all day Sunday in the mid bay and there was very little life. I even resorted to wire lining for a little while with only one knockdown that didn't hook up to show for it. Beautiful day and this Saturday will be another one.