Hookem

And a Lifetime fishing license.

They were back on their beds. The bigger fish he caught were still a little deeper than the previous trip but were moving up to shallow water. The temp gauge on the DF said it was 62. The pool thermometer said it was 63 but at 5ft it was 60 and at 10ft it was 58. Small white lizard was the trick. Another cold front for this weekend but not as bad as the last. I'll be there flippin to big momma.

A little further south... We have had a very warm winter. That same front blasted its way through here. We were seeing bedding start last month. Water temps had not even made it to below 60. Beds, beds, everywhere. Then the front. Where there were bass last Wednesday on beds, none this weekend. They had moved to "deeper" water from say 1-2ft to 6-8ft. Water temp dropped to 54. but it was mostly due to the cold rain than air temps. Today, a buddy is heading out and with the air temps back into the 60s warming the shallows, bet they are back makin whoopie.

I'll settle for a state record. 8-) Always said it would be a million dollar fish. But then I would have to crappie fish to get it. : . . . . . for the record, the current state record was caught by a crappie fisher.

fyi..... Forks slot is: Largemouth bass are subject to a 16- to 24-inch slot limit. Bass 16 inches and shorter and 24 inches and longer can be harvested with a daily bag limit of 5 fish, of which only 1 fish can be 24 inches or greater.

Launcher with a roadrunner.