May 7, 2007 - Beautiful warm, sunny day. Neighbor Mike L. and I headed for Benson Lake for a bass try. We had no strikes and saw no bass in this clear water lake. I did, however, see one school of the macho sunfish that live in the lake enjoying the sun up in the shallows. These sunfish look to be on steroids and will sometimes smack a size 11 Rapala being twitched on the surface. The trout anglers were doing quite well, both from boats and those fishing from the shoreline. A few more warm days like this one and the bass will be up in the shallows checking out spawning sites.

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