A Deep Water Bite

Andre & Jim joined me today on Lake Memphremagog for a day of fishing. It started off a little slow as we found the water temps almost 10 degrees colder this morning. The bass were a little reluctant to hit the offerings we threw at them for almost a half hour! On the second location, they finally began to hit both jerk-baits and jigs fished in deeper water. Some of the smaller fish were also hitting, but in the shallow water areas. Eventually we began to get some of the larger females of 4 pounds and more from water in the 20 to 25 foot range. Several of these fish were caught before we just decided to try elsewhere for more aggressive and active smallies. Getting them to hit jerk-baits wasn’t an easy task as we were soon to find out. Most of the fish came on slowly dragged fin-s jigs from deep water and steep edges. The best areas seemed to be offshore shoals & humps surrounded by the deep water. The daytime air temps are in the upper 60’s to lower 70’s, but the nighttime air temps are dipping into the 30’s. Water temps lately are up and down like a freight elevator! This is definately playing havoc on the bass as the full moon nears and they prepare for the spawn. May & June will probably both have spawning fish once again this year as water temps continue to fluctuate! We did still manage to land over 30 bass today up to 4 pounds under really difficult conditions. All in all, a pretty good day!!