Topwater Field Day

I was back on Magog again today for smallmouth bass with Frank & John. We began the day with high sun and warm temps that had me in a T-shirt by 9:00 AM. Little to no wind was present for most of the morning as well and it was a pleasure to be back in the heat. Water temps were almost 60 degrees but warmed even more as the day continued. The air temps didn’t really get too high and never hit 70 degrees, but it sure was better than yesterday’s cold. John got the ball rolling by getting into a few bass on tubes and both Frank & I were soon to follow. By moving around a lot we were able to hook up with many smallmouth before I decided to try some top-water. This proved to be the right choice as we were soon to find out. Everywhere we went after that, someone was tight to fish! Zara spooks and soft plastic jerk-baits accounted for the remainder of the day’s catch with the zaras being a better bet. Offshore structures seemed to be the best places as the fish were definitely larger out there. Although there wasn’t any really huge fish today, there were plenty of bass in the 3 to almost 4-pound range and surface action was great. By the end of the day there was at least 50 to 60 bass landed with an equal amount either missed or lost after hook up. A great day to be on the water it was!!!