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Weird Water Temp Advice? 1 Nice Smallie

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I'm in northern Indiana and water temps have probably jumped 20 degrees in 10 days (58 degrees). This morning I saw COUNTLESS bass (LM and SM) up shallow in 3-8 FOW...but it's like they were there only for the sun. No inkling to eat.

 

Anyone else run into this? Maybe they're still behind on the calendar even though the water temps are rising.

 

I backed way off and went finesse: marabou jig, ned, tube but they were not having it. The couple bites I had came from seeing them roam and tossing a ned rig in front of packs of 2-3.

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My water temps jumped from low to mid 40s with some frozen spots on Monday to 64° in the shallows yesterday so similar to what you’re experiencing. The fish were definitely goofed up. They were in the shallows warming up but extremely skiddish and had no interest in biting. The couple I caught came from deep in downed timber with a Rage Bug. I can’t remember such a rapid temperature rise directly after ice out, and the fishing has definitely been weird because of it. 

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