Went to  cape cod today.Arrived at the ramp at 7:15,water temp was 43 degrees went to 44.5 degrees.Light wind in the mourning from the S.E to 15 mph.Caught 38 largemouth with my buddy Rich.All fish where caught on jerkbaits in 4' to 6' of water,on a river channel surronded by a 3' flat on both sides .Biggest fish was 3# 5oz,average fish was about 2 #.Seen 3 other boats get there late in the mourning and talked to 2 of them and 1 guy had 1 fish and the other boat didn't have any fish yet.They were throwing jigs.I love to throw jigs but , i feel it's a big mistake throwing a jig with water that temp.Water in the low 40's is reaction bait territory.We ended up leaving at about 1:45.Hope everyone had a chance to get out today,because the winter doldrums are finally over. 8-)

Nice report and heck of a job catching that many fish w/the H20 in the 40's. I was at a near cape pond with very similar conditions throwing suspendings,silver buddy's and jigs. Lost a monster Smallie on the jig around 12:30 and not another bite for the rest of the day. Again nice job out there!

Shallow weedy ponds are the way to go up until the water temp get's to around 50 deg.alot of guys fish the deep kettle ponds and the fish are less active just hanging on the first major drops.The bite gets real tough.When the fish get in those shallow weeds they become easier to catch because there on the feed.Fish this time of the year especially on the cape relate better to grass than wood or rocks till the temp gets into the low 50's.Find the grass find the fish .

Sounds like a awesome day of fishing, especially in March.

Any advice on what type of jerkbait I should try? Are we talking hard plastic jerkbaits (I.E. Countdowns) or soft plastic jerkbaits (I.E. Flukes)? I've been throwing jigs with no luck and water temp around here in the northeastern corner of MA is probably around 40. I've stuck to using a finesse jig mainly because of the success I had with it in early April last year, but as of now it hasn't produced.

The main thing to think about when choosing a color to throw as far as jerkbaits go is water clarity.Try to stick to natural colors with fairly clean water and brighter colors in murky conditions.On the cape naturals colors dominate.I threw a rapala x rap the whole day,the color I threw has been customised from the original.Stay away from the smaller version use the 5" version.

Anybody else fish the Cape today?

Shallow weedy ponds are the way to go up until the water temp get's to around 50 deg.alot of guys fish the deep kettle ponds and the fish are less active just hanging on the first major drops.The bite gets real tough.When the fish get in those shallow weeds they become easier to catch because there on the feed.Fish this time of the year especially on the cape relate better to grass than wood or rocks till the temp gets into the low 50's.Find the grass find the fish .

I've got my first club T on 4/27 at Mashpee/Wakeby but only fished it a few times 3 years ago. A cold front moved in the week before the T and made for a tough day! I here it has some monsters in it so I'm hoping the up coming warm weather stays w/us..