I have a tournament coming up here on Sunday and here is my problem. We've had temps runnin around 90 this week and water temp climbing steadily to near 70. Sunday they are calling for 50 degree temps with a chance of rain. Where would you expect to find fish? We have little deep cover, primarily a rip rap and dock lake, avg depth of 7ft.

Same places, just tighter to the cover and in a little less active a mood.

Just might be the one time when a Senko's slow fall could work best.

NIL...Northern IL.? What lake you fishing?

NIL...Northern IL.? What lake you fishing?

Lake Holiday. Thanks for any help guys.

Never fished that lake.

I also have a club tourney on Sunday. They're also calling for 20+ winds. Here's my .02 worth. The last 2 tourneys I fished were post cold front and windy, 50's dropped to 30's and 70's dropped to 50's. The only thing different this Sunday will be the rain. It's been a jig and swimjig bite for me. All fish were caught either in current areas with a hard bottom, or on timber. In my experience the fish on timber were much more agressive than the fish caught on rock/gravel bottom. I would recommend fishing slowly and thouroughly in areas that you know hold fish, and don't expect many bites. I could be wrong but I think it would be a waste of time trying for any bedding fish, especialy if the winds are blowing. They already have lockjaw and the cold front will only make it worse. I was also thinking skipping a shakey head under those docks might payoff for you.

Good luck.

How'd you make out?

How'd you make out?

I took 5th in one of the worst weather conditions days I have ever fished. 48 degrees, winds blowing at 25 with gusts to 45, water came up 3 ft in 24hr period and temp fell 10 degrees. Got my fish late in the day on a worm, couldn't get a bite on any other baits.