Chippewa Lake 5/4/2010

[LipRip]

Went out to chippewa lake in mecosta county yesterday and did some good. I had never been on the lake before so I had to do a little lakemap studyin before I went out.

I decided to start fishing a spot where it was sand up at shore and had some quick drop offs to 15 ft and the wind was blowing hard into it. I'm determined to become a good jig fisherman so I put the old senko and soft plastics away and brought out the jig rod with a Nemesis 3/8oz jig. I started nailin largemouth the second cast. The second one i caught was 20inches and had to weigh close to 4lbs. But, while i was flippin that lunker in the boat i snapped my brand new Mojo Bass rod! bummer. after riggin up one of my backups with a jig, i ended up catching around 10 quality largemouth from that spot.

I had to get out of the 15-20mph wind for a sec so i went to fish some 8ft flats. I really didnt hit much on the flats. a few here and there, but nothin real big. I also tried out some 5ft flats with some pretty good weeds and didnt hit anything.

It was a good day, even with a loss of a rod. water temp ranged from 58-61. I threw some senkos.....some crankbaits....and a few spinnerbaits, but the Nemesis PB&J jig is what they were craving!

[mikesmiph]

Great report. Sounds like a nice day fishing. Might have to try that lake sometime.

[macbass]

liprip that lake is one of the better ones in the area if you want to learn to fish a jig...the fish up there flat eat them...i fish it about 10 times a summer other than the 5 or 6 tournaments i fish up there..15 to 20 pounds is a common winning weight up there...but stay of the north shore and leave my fish one...lmao

[djkimmel]

Hmmm... so I should fish the north shore... thanks for the tip!