Fished out of Harney Pond on 1/2. First time out to this area of the lake. Wow, this area gets crowded! What is the deal with everyone fishing the large eelgrass flat north of Bird Island? It must of had 20 boats beating it up all day. I mean, it's not a bad idea to fish that area, but are there really enough fish there to sustain that beating?

Anyways,I was able to catch a few by flipping cattails, a few with swim jig around scattered grass, and a couple on flukes back in canals. Nothing over four and best five went a sad 13 or so pounds.

Maybe I should have joined the crowd at the eel grass?

Were you fishing the bfl? If not that is why there were so many boats today.

No, I wasn't participating in the BFL. Any idea what won it?

Fished out of Okee-tantie from dawn to 3pm. Was able to find some fish on a variety of baits from skinny dippers to chatterbait to frogs to flipping bugs. Day started out cool and slow, but by 11am it got warmer and active. Best five went 18 or so.