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May 10, 2023 18:14:07   #
Jer Loc: N. Illinois 🇺🇸
 
Today was a much better day weather wise. Started out at 58° at 0530 and quickly rose to 68° and at 1500 it was 82°. Water temperature has risen to 67° overnight because of two sunny days. Even found a cove with 70° water.
So the bass should getting on the beds at these temperatures, but they are not yet. Probably because the surface temperature has gone fro 57° to ~70° in one week. Could see tons of fish on the Garmin, but couldn’t find the key to the puzzle. We caught 6 bass today. 1 on a white chatter bait, two on square bills, one on a wacky Yum Dinger, and two on Texas rigged Yum Dinger (color Elders Magic). Caught half of the fish on secondary points leading into coves. The rest off of weed beds with wood close to shore.
We only count bass for our brotherly competition, but we did catch 2 bluegill and 3 stripers. That little bluegill almost swallowed the worm🥴
Tomorrow is another day.





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May 10, 2023 18:50:58   #
plumbob Loc: New Windsor Maryland
 
Jer wrote:
Today was a much better day weather wise. Started out at 58° at 0530 and quickly rose to 68° and at 1500 it was 82°. Water temperature has risen to 67° overnight because of two sunny days. Even found a cove with 70° water.
So the bass should getting on the beds at these temperatures, but they are not yet. Probably because the surface temperature has gone fro 57° to ~70° in one week. Could see tons of fish on the Garmin, but couldn’t find the key to the puzzle. We caught 6 bass today. 1 on a white chatter bait, two on square bills, one on a wacky Yum Dinger, and two on Texas rigged Yum Dinger (color Elders Magic). Caught half of the fish on secondary points leading into coves. The rest off of weed beds with wood close to shore.
We only count bass for our brotherly competition, but we did catch 2 bluegill and 3 stripers. That little bluegill almost swallowed the worm🥴
Tomorrow is another day.
Today was a much better day weather wise. Started... (show quote)


That bluegill must have been kin to that little guy I caught Monday.

From what i read still sounds like a good day Jer and a good report there for the fishers out your way.

So nice going is warranted and a Thanks for the share.

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May 10, 2023 19:02:29   #
Gordon Loc: Charleston South Carolina
 
Jer wrote:
Today was a much better day weather wise. Started out at 58° at 0530 and quickly rose to 68° and at 1500 it was 82°. Water temperature has risen to 67° overnight because of two sunny days. Even found a cove with 70° water.
So the bass should getting on the beds at these temperatures, but they are not yet. Probably because the surface temperature has gone fro 57° to ~70° in one week. Could see tons of fish on the Garmin, but couldn’t find the key to the puzzle. We caught 6 bass today. 1 on a white chatter bait, two on square bills, one on a wacky Yum Dinger, and two on Texas rigged Yum Dinger (color Elders Magic). Caught half of the fish on secondary points leading into coves. The rest off of weed beds with wood close to shore.
We only count bass for our brotherly competition, but we did catch 2 bluegill and 3 stripers. That little bluegill almost swallowed the worm🥴
Tomorrow is another day.
Today was a much better day weather wise. Started... (show quote)


Great post Jer. Thanks for sharing it with us

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May 10, 2023 19:33:32   #
Fredfish Loc: Prospect CT.
 
Jer wrote:
Today was a much better day weather wise. Started out at 58° at 0530 and quickly rose to 68° and at 1500 it was 82°. Water temperature has risen to 67° overnight because of two sunny days. Even found a cove with 70° water.
So the bass should getting on the beds at these temperatures, but they are not yet. Probably because the surface temperature has gone fro 57° to ~70° in one week. Could see tons of fish on the Garmin, but couldn’t find the key to the puzzle. We caught 6 bass today. 1 on a white chatter bait, two on square bills, one on a wacky Yum Dinger, and two on Texas rigged Yum Dinger (color Elders Magic). Caught half of the fish on secondary points leading into coves. The rest off of weed beds with wood close to shore.
We only count bass for our brotherly competition, but we did catch 2 bluegill and 3 stripers. That little bluegill almost swallowed the worm🥴
Tomorrow is another day.
Today was a much better day weather wise. Started... (show quote)


Great job catching and reporting Jer. I'm trying to decide on the opening salvo for McDonough tomorrow. Hopefully, like yours, the water temperature is up a little. Way to hang in there with a variety of baits. Thanks for sharing my friend.

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May 10, 2023 19:54:18   #
ckwynn61 Loc: Washington
 
Jer wrote:
Today was a much better day weather wise. Started out at 58° at 0530 and quickly rose to 68° and at 1500 it was 82°. Water temperature has risen to 67° overnight because of two sunny days. Even found a cove with 70° water.
So the bass should getting on the beds at these temperatures, but they are not yet. Probably because the surface temperature has gone fro 57° to ~70° in one week. Could see tons of fish on the Garmin, but couldn’t find the key to the puzzle. We caught 6 bass today. 1 on a white chatter bait, two on square bills, one on a wacky Yum Dinger, and two on Texas rigged Yum Dinger (color Elders Magic). Caught half of the fish on secondary points leading into coves. The rest off of weed beds with wood close to shore.
We only count bass for our brotherly competition, but we did catch 2 bluegill and 3 stripers. That little bluegill almost swallowed the worm🥴
Tomorrow is another day.
Today was a much better day weather wise. Started... (show quote)


Nice work...keep a catching....

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May 10, 2023 20:34:51   #
Billycrap2 Loc: Mason county,W(BY GOD) Virginia, 🇺🇸🦅
 
Jer wrote:
Today was a much better day weather wise. Started out at 58° at 0530 and quickly rose to 68° and at 1500 it was 82°. Water temperature has risen to 67° overnight because of two sunny days. Even found a cove with 70° water.
So the bass should getting on the beds at these temperatures, but they are not yet. Probably because the surface temperature has gone fro 57° to ~70° in one week. Could see tons of fish on the Garmin, but couldn’t find the key to the puzzle. We caught 6 bass today. 1 on a white chatter bait, two on square bills, one on a wacky Yum Dinger, and two on Texas rigged Yum Dinger (color Elders Magic). Caught half of the fish on secondary points leading into coves. The rest off of weed beds with wood close to shore.
We only count bass for our brotherly competition, but we did catch 2 bluegill and 3 stripers. That little bluegill almost swallowed the worm🥴
Tomorrow is another day.
Today was a much better day weather wise. Started... (show quote)


Nice catching on your report there yep the weather still not cooperate to trigger the fish 🤔🤔👍🏽🎣🎣🎣🐟🐟🐠🐠🐋🐋🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅

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May 10, 2023 20:43:52   #
6482bodean Loc: Northern Indiana
 
Jer wrote:
Today was a much better day weather wise. Started out at 58° at 0530 and quickly rose to 68° and at 1500 it was 82°. Water temperature has risen to 67° overnight because of two sunny days. Even found a cove with 70° water.
So the bass should getting on the beds at these temperatures, but they are not yet. Probably because the surface temperature has gone fro 57° to ~70° in one week. Could see tons of fish on the Garmin, but couldn’t find the key to the puzzle. We caught 6 bass today. 1 on a white chatter bait, two on square bills, one on a wacky Yum Dinger, and two on Texas rigged Yum Dinger (color Elders Magic). Caught half of the fish on secondary points leading into coves. The rest off of weed beds with wood close to shore.
We only count bass for our brotherly competition, but we did catch 2 bluegill and 3 stripers. That little bluegill almost swallowed the worm🥴
Tomorrow is another day.
Today was a much better day weather wise. Started... (show quote)


I think the fish know what they’re doing. Maybe it is you that is confused. Not too much though, you started to get them figured it out. Good job.

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May 10, 2023 22:41:52   #
DCGravity Loc: Fairfax, VA (by way of Cleveland OH)
 
That LMB's pretty chunky, Jer. Congratulations on your catching!

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May 11, 2023 04:07:59   #
bknecht Loc: Northeast pa
 
Jer wrote:
Today was a much better day weather wise. Started out at 58° at 0530 and quickly rose to 68° and at 1500 it was 82°. Water temperature has risen to 67° overnight because of two sunny days. Even found a cove with 70° water.
So the bass should getting on the beds at these temperatures, but they are not yet. Probably because the surface temperature has gone fro 57° to ~70° in one week. Could see tons of fish on the Garmin, but couldn’t find the key to the puzzle. We caught 6 bass today. 1 on a white chatter bait, two on square bills, one on a wacky Yum Dinger, and two on Texas rigged Yum Dinger (color Elders Magic). Caught half of the fish on secondary points leading into coves. The rest off of weed beds with wood close to shore.
We only count bass for our brotherly competition, but we did catch 2 bluegill and 3 stripers. That little bluegill almost swallowed the worm🥴
Tomorrow is another day.
Today was a much better day weather wise. Started... (show quote)

Nice report Jer, love your topic title as the same thing is happening here. The crappies here are completely confused, gills and other “sunfish” much less the bass are still not in spawning mode which has led to a bit of frustration on the fisherman’s end. Supposed to have some stable weather this week which will hopefully turn things around.

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May 11, 2023 06:02:03   #
Jer Loc: N. Illinois 🇺🇸
 
plumbob wrote:
That bluegill must have been kin to that little guy I caught Monday.

From what i read still sounds like a good day Jer and a good report there for the fishers out your way.

So nice going is warranted and a Thanks for the share.


Thanks Plum. Yes, we did have fun and enjoyed being outdoors.

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May 11, 2023 06:02:27   #
Jer Loc: N. Illinois 🇺🇸
 
Gordon wrote:
Great post Jer. Thanks for sharing it with us


My pleasure Gordon.

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May 11, 2023 06:04:25   #
Jer Loc: N. Illinois 🇺🇸
 
Fredfish wrote:
Great job catching and reporting Jer. I'm trying to decide on the opening salvo for McDonough tomorrow. Hopefully, like yours, the water temperature is up a little. Way to hang in there with a variety of baits. Thanks for sharing my friend.


Thanks Fred. Good luck tomorrow. Stay versatile and fish slow. We tried many retrieve speeds and slow is still the best.

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May 11, 2023 06:04:46   #
Jer Loc: N. Illinois 🇺🇸
 
ckwynn61 wrote:
Nice work...keep a catching....


Thanks 🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣

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May 11, 2023 06:06:22   #
Jer Loc: N. Illinois 🇺🇸
 
Billycrap2 wrote:
Nice catching on your report there yep the weather still not cooperate to trigger the fish 🤔🤔👍🏽🎣🎣🎣🐟🐟🐠🐠🐋🐋🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅


Thanks Billy. We sure could use some stability in the temperatures. 40° swings just don’t cut it.

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May 11, 2023 06:07:32   #
Jer Loc: N. Illinois 🇺🇸
 
DCGravity wrote:
That LMB's pretty chunky, Jer. Congratulations on your catching!


She ha a big belly for sure. Spawn can’t be too far away.

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