Hit the lake yesterday for the first time. Found the water to be pretty dirty with visibility around a foot or two. Water surface temp close to shore was 43-44 degrees. Tried in shallow between 8-12 feet. Missed one on a hair jig & then another one on a jerk bait. Decided to look for cleaner water further down the shore line. Found clean water in 25-30 feet but water temps at the surface were now 38-39 degrees. As the wind picked up out of the east there developed an edge between the dirty & clean water around 15-20 fow. I decided to work the edge as the temps were a little warmer & visibility was much better. Changed colors on my lc poiter 100 jerkbait & finally got bit. Nice size smallie for the first brown fish of 2011.

Dang nice fish Dwight! How much are the guide fees? LOL

Jeff

My thoughts exactly ..great catch

You catch the nicest smallies I have ever seen!!! I also saw your picture and name in the lates issue of In-Fisherman. Your gonna have people knocking on your door at all hours wanting to go out to catch some fatties with ya

Once again nice bass Dwight! Glad to see you back on northern waters!

Yeesh, Dwight. You come down here, and stick fish fish. You go back home up north and stick a big fish. Some people just have "it." You're definitely one of them, Dwight. WTG. Heck of a fish right there.

Awesome fish Dwight!

LC Pointer strikes again.

Wow ~

Ok Dwight, that settles it - I am coming over there and stalking you.

That beauty will definitely be a contender in the State Vs State thread, especially for PA.

A-Jay

What a freakin' toad! You sure catch some dandy smallies and post some great pics. Congrats!

I wish all our smallies down here were as pretty as yours! Some are pretty with the lines in them but a lot of them are just brown. I'm not complaining though they are still blast to catch.

Awesome fish!!!!!!!

Awesome fish Dwight.WTG!

Nice to see that you're back in action, Dwight.

First bronzeback of the season, and already the bar is at a lofty height

Roger

That's another nice one Dwight... WTG !

Big O

www.ragetail.com

Dwight, you're a master man. thats one bad chunk!

What a beautiful fish, WOW! I sure would like to catch a smallie like that.

Hey Dwight, that is one heck of a nice brown bass you got there !

Congrats, and continued success to you

Fish