Launched around 6:10 am. Water temps are still in the mid 60's! Here it is, almost July, and no theremocline. Amazing. What this has done is simply kept the big females a lot shallower than in "normal" years. And they scattered in those shallows, making location difficult.

In any case, I decided to probe the deeper structures with my drop shot and some Senkos & tubes, to see if I could locate some of the bigger females. Only got 2 smaller bass off-shore. Since I was running solo, I didn't take many pictures, but here's what the bait looked like in one area:

And here's what the bass looked like in this area:

Probed some shallower structures, still off-shore, and here's what I found:

Plenty of bait there too, along with some fish. But they would have nothing I was offering. So, I finally decided to head on in and hit some shallow humps. (I try to stay away from the shorelines, as this approach involves a lot of casting and constant moving. My arms just cannot handle that anymore!)

Here's a sample of what I caught & released:

I ended up with 7 decent smallmouths, along with several small bucks thrown in for good measure. I much prefer it when the larger females set up housekeeping off-shore, but you take what you can get! Until Mother Nature decides to warm things up, this is the way it will be I guess! Oh, and btw, not only did I get the smallies, but got this rocky in 23' on the drop shot! Amazing:

Saw a couple of eagles, a hawk, several turkey vulcures and, as always, the loons stopped by, on occaision, to see what I was up to! Nice day out there. The only decent one predicted, weather-wise, this week. Lots more rain coming in over the next several daysl Hope it warms up soon and we break out of this nasty weather pattern!

Congrats.  Nice fish.

Nice report!  I love the Quabbin. Will hopefully be getting out there soon.

Good post! I'm hoping to take my dad and sister out to the Quabbin on Sunday for Father's Day. Thanks for the info Crestliner.