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It was a tough morning on the water at Rattlesnake. Weather conditions were great, upper 40s, calm, partly cloudy. For the day after Opening Day there were not that many anglers, maybe a dozen or so boats, floats, and pontoons, and several groups of shore anglers. Kinda nice...
I settled into trolling mainly a black wooley bugger on either floating line with a strike indicator, and later intermidiate sinking line. Caught 3 planters from 6-10", and lost several others. Seemed like most others were having similar results. The hardware guys looked to be doing a bit better. Water level looks good, just right. Big change in regs coming May 1st - catch and release ONLY, special regs apply. Also, very clearly marked at the boat launch - no combustable motors allowed on the lake.
Hopefully the ctach and release change will spell the end of the power baiters on this lake, of which there were several today.