Everything is still frozen except the river but the gate to the ramp is still locked...

This past weekend must have helped your waters along up there GT. After Friday, there was a lot of open water in my area.

I hope so. I'll take a ride around tomorrow and take a look around. It doesn't help that my boat is in a million pieces in the garage. Started re-carpeting it this week on spring break. It is gonna take a couple more weeks to fix since everything in the boat is wrapped in carpet.

I finally made it down to the water this afternoon.

It was about 45*, windy and the water was COLD.

The real reason for going this afternoon was to try a spinnerbait I built yesterday (Sunday).

I ended up catching 2 fish...LOL...I don't believe I ever caught a bass this early in the season.

Here's the spinnerbait:

The trailer is a zonker strip (rabbit tail), man, does

that have some action in the water. The blade is

attached to the bearing with a snap for quick blade

size changes...worked today anyway.

who needs soft water, just break some ice  ;D ;D

Everything is soft now and the snow has already melted. Just need to get a move on putting the new carpet back in the boat.

That's awesome GT!. I made my first casts on Tuesday and again on Wednesday.

FELT GOOD TO DO THAT AGAIN!

Hey Rhino, It's been 25 years but is Cook's Pond still fishable? I went to a tournament there and all anybody caught were 12" fish. It did have good access though. So. Watuppa still got those sweet smallies?

Grampa, sorry, I just read this post. Yes, it's still fishable. I haven't fished it in a couple of years. South Watuppa still has smallies. I do OK there early in the year, but once the summer rolls around, I have trouble getting a mosquito bite. I've talked to a few guys and they have the same experience.

Grampa, sorry, I just read this post. Yes, it's still fishable. I haven't fished it in a couple of years. South Watuppa still has smallies. I do OK there early in the year, but once the summer rolls around, I have trouble getting a mosquito bite. I've talked to a few guys and they have the same experience.

Thanks for the info...sick of fishing the same places over and over...south coast is sounding better... also want to try Herring Pond down by the canal...I'll let you know if I ever get it done.