Ive lived across the street from Beverly lake since last fall, and Havnt fished it until now, because I wanted to make sure whatever fish might love there would be active (warm water temp) I got permission to pass through an apartment complex to get to the lake so long as I'm respectful to the tenants and etc. so 8:00 I arrive there blow up the raft and start paddling to the island(nearby) I started off using an f5 Rapala (silver with a bloody face). First hit was a smash of a hit, I thought for sure it was a nice bass, to my surprise it was a seriously fat bluegill, next cast another one just like it. They were holding in 8ft of water, after a half hour or so with relatively consistent bluegill action I finally got a bass, and it wasn't a monster, but my first for the year,.so I was pleased. I also caught pumpkinseed ( it didn't appear that the bluegill and the pumpkinseed were cross breeding) I also caught very very small perch, 3 to 5 inches... They also bit the f5 rapala, i did hook into one monster of a bass, probably 4 or 5 pounds but he spit the hook on his first jump out of the water, a fun trip all in all...
