Wanted to go somehwere local after some warranty work on my big motor so called up a friend to see if he wanted to come along. Launched just after 8am with only one other vehicle in the parking lot. After some runs on the big motor, I pulled into a spot I've done well at in the past, but the lily pads are still mostly subsurface. Was a bit breezy so hard to maneuver and stay in a spot. I decided to toss the anchor and spot fish. My buddy and I worked the area real good, but not a bite. Moved a couple times repeating the same process with no success.

By mid-morning there were maybe a dozen boats on the lake, apparently a lot of guys took Friday off because of the nice weather. We ended up in the north end of the lake still with nothing to show for our efforts. Decided to hit one more spot, then call it a day. We fished a weed edge there for maybe 20 minutes, hanging up periodically. I got hung up again, managed to free up, and then immediatley get hung up again, or so I thought until the "hang" started pulling and fighting. Well I'll be, fish on!

Took a couple minutes with my light gear and 4lb line to get the fish up close enough to see what it was. A nice SMB! Couple minutes more and in the net, 2lbs 4ozs and 17 1/8". The one and only for the day.

We fished another 20 minutes then called it a day. Water surface temp ranged from 54° - 55° during our time on the water. Great weather slow fishing. Fishing will improve when the water temp rises.

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