Got up this morning and the weather was so nice I just had to go. Followed up with a couple folks I needed to about alarms and still was able to get on the water by 10:00. emoSmile Headed for the top water bite I had found last week but I guess they had already gone down with the sun already up and blue bird sky. 
The dog days of summer are for sure here. Wasted some time on grass edges and shallow water with only two blow ups on buzz baits with no hook ups. Moved out deeper and finally put a three in the boat off a shakey. Still seemed to struggle so I moved even deeper and started fishing drops, ledges and edges. That was the ticket. emoThumbsup Rotating between deep plastics, swims and cranks I keyed in on the edges. Seemed there were a bunch of two pounders to be found. I lost track of those. That was mostly what I caught. However I did manage a couple really nice ones with one being a toad. She struck a crank bait right on a 16 foot drop off into deeper water. When I set the hook she did not move. I would had lost a bet that I thought she was a flat head. She never jumped or even acted like she tried to come up. Then with her sounding right under the boat she came full swing up and jumped right by the boat! emoEek Cleared the water a good two foot. Needed a catcher's mit to get her. She sounded again and I thought she was going to break my line. It held and I got the net ready, this time when she came up I got the net under her. I thought she was at least 10 lbs. emoBigsmile She had me fooled but she was still a good one, my scale showed 8 lbs and 9 ounces. emoThumbsup About a half hour later I boated anther good one on deep plastic that tipped the scale at 5/8. Lots of fun today. Managed a couple more light three pounders to round out a solid limit of five at 23 lbs. emoToast Headed home at 4:00. Only hope Derek and I can do so well this weekend in the CBA. It is really all about getting that big bite and a couple kickers. The way our lake is fishing right now if you don't you can hang up winning right now. Looking forward to this weekend's CBA, hope to see a good crowd. emoDance Jmax
Here are my two good ones from today, the first is the five and the second is the eight.
The dog days of summer are for sure here. Wasted some time on grass edges and shallow water with only two blow ups on buzz baits with no hook ups. Moved out deeper and finally put a three in the boat off a shakey. Still seemed to struggle so I moved even deeper and started fishing drops, ledges and edges. That was the ticket. emoThumbsup Rotating between deep plastics, swims and cranks I keyed in on the edges. Seemed there were a bunch of two pounders to be found. I lost track of those. That was mostly what I caught. However I did manage a couple really nice ones with one being a toad. She struck a crank bait right on a 16 foot drop off into deeper water. When I set the hook she did not move. I would had lost a bet that I thought she was a flat head. She never jumped or even acted like she tried to come up. Then with her sounding right under the boat she came full swing up and jumped right by the boat! emoEek Cleared the water a good two foot. Needed a catcher's mit to get her. She sounded again and I thought she was going to break my line. It held and I got the net ready, this time when she came up I got the net under her. I thought she was at least 10 lbs. emoBigsmile She had me fooled but she was still a good one, my scale showed 8 lbs and 9 ounces. emoThumbsup About a half hour later I boated anther good one on deep plastic that tipped the scale at 5/8. Lots of fun today. Managed a couple more light three pounders to round out a solid limit of five at 23 lbs. emoToast Headed home at 4:00. Only hope Derek and I can do so well this weekend in the CBA. It is really all about getting that big bite and a couple kickers. The way our lake is fishing right now if you don't you can hang up winning right now. Looking forward to this weekend's CBA, hope to see a good crowd. emoDance JmaxHere are my two good ones from today, the first is the five and the second is the eight.
