First trip of the year to Central Ferry and it didn't disappoint. We went with some friends who were hoping to catch Crappie but we didn't have much luck there. Only 5 in 3 days, although one was over 1lb. When I finally switched to bass fishing, things improved greatly. In one evening and one morning I caught about 20 smallmouths. Most were less that 12" and I kept a mess of those for filleting. The highlight was a 3 1/2 lber (according to my Rapala scale). Beautiful fish with a swollen belly full of eggs that I released to complete her matronly duties! All of the fish were caught using tube baits crawled along the bottom.

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