BOQ

[Goshawk]

I'm heading for Picton on Monday morning for another week chasing the bass. Has anyone been out there recently? What's the water temperature now? Is the grass beds fully formed yet? I believe I'll be concentrating on the Hay Bay area to see if I can scare up some of those big largemouth that hang out there. Hopefully the wind cooperates so I can run there from Picton safely.

[Goshawk]

I managed to get into the water at noon today after all the rain we had from last night and this morning. Water temperatue is 66-67° the it's crystal clear.
I was told when I got here that the shad migration is in full swing. So the walleye bite is off right now. The owner at the resort is a walleye guide and he hasn't caught very many since the shad arrived in the Bay.
I managed to sneak up on a school of largemouth that were busting shad on the surface. After dropping my power poles. i caught 8, almost all the same size, using a shad shaped topwater lure. They then disappeared as quickly as they showed up. I stayed in the area casting various other lures with nothing so I called it quits. I'll go back tomorrow to see if I can find them again.

[crappeeeman]

Beautiful fish Lionel, and a week on the water, you are lucky.

[Goshawk]

Except for tomorrow. I'm playing golf with 3 ladies in the morning. Winds a bit too high for a long boat ride. The open water on the Bay gets too rough for my liking.