Stormy Smallmouth

I was back on the water again today but with Andre & his son Vincent for more smallie action. It was a good way to kick off the first day of summer and we had a blast. The weather didn’t feel much like summer though with the air temps only getting into the upper 60’s at best. The winds were from the W/NW at 10 to 20 knots most of the day and there was quite a chop on the water as well. Water temps remained around 67 degrees where we were fishing and without the aid of sunshine, never rose. I think the cloud cover actually helped us today, as the fish seemed more active than they did yesterday. Vincent scored first with a smallie on a crankbait and waited a while before the second fish came aboard. He eventually hooked into a nice fish of over 3 pounds on a soft jerk-bait and landed it for a quick picture before releasing her to fight another day. There were many other misses before both Vincent & his father, Andre managed to hook and land fish. Plenty of missed chances occurred throughout the course of the day with a small percentage actually landed, but nevertheless it was action. By the mid afternoon, we were forced off the water when weather threatened in the form of a thunderstorm. With winds increasing and rain falling, we headed for the shelter of the boat ramp earlier than expected. In the short 6 or 7 hours of fishing there were about 20 bass landed up to about 4 pounds with many others falling short of the net. All in all a pretty good day!!