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Warm, light wind and no touristas= good time for fishing. The morning was hot (shorts, sandals and t-shirt.) giving way to a cloudy and more comfortable afternoon. Launched out of St. Albans Bay launch (only five other rigs in the lot). I did my usual stay close to home port tour staying within about 3 miles from the launch. Fished from 9:30-5:30 covering 5 different locations, all but one in search of small mouth. Saw water temps 67-69. Water clarity good, but a lot of algae floating around. Boated 24 keepers ,but one a small mouth. Even though water temps haven't dropped that much, the fish seem to be in much shallower water than just a week ago. I followed one shoreline stretch in 8-10 fow and caught 3 fish. I reversed course and headed back to where I started, but in 4-5 fow. This time I caught 12. Small rocky points seemed to be attracting the fish. A favorite offshore hump was the next best stop. Interestingly here the deeper edges (8-10') around the hump (4-5') were the most productive. Only one stop didn't produce and that was a large mouth spot that had been productive lately. Spent about 20 minutes with no bites and moved.
In the shallower water the wacky rigged Senko was a great producer. In the deeper water the drop shot with X Zone slammers and a shaky head with a Yum Gonzo Grub were more effective than the Senko. I also tried a football head jig rigged with a Sweet Beaver with no result. Also tried a Chatterbait with a Zoom Fluke as a trailer with no takers.
Most fish in the 2-2.75 range.



Pardon my lack of skill at picture taking. Largest of the day 3.5 lb SM

Looking to get out again soon.

Bob

Nice fat smallie. I've been noticing the the "shallow" thing since right before the divisionals also. Haven't been out as much as I would like so it's nice to get to enjoy living vicariously with your reports

Sounds fun Bob...
Oh-nothing wrong with that pic...nice Smallie!

Nice smallie and nice detailed report. Makes me wish I was there!
Maybe I will get back there one more time this year.

Nice looking fish!

Nice report and nice fish...

Good report Bob. I like the Gonzo grub too.