tried trolling the sportsmans cove area for big smallmouth. We were using perch pattern wally divers. the last couple of years we always pick up some nice smallmouth doing this in the fall. A little early maybe. caught 3 squawfish and 1 perch. great view watching the ospreys come get the now disabled squawfish. the lake is a lot colder than it was a couple of weeks ago. I'm thinking the fall bass bite might come on a little earlier than normal. We'll see.

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