Blue bird skies with light to moderate winds during the day. Water temps in the low 70's and water clarity was roughly 2-3 feet.
The morning bite had some hits in the lillipads. Caught a few short fish here and also on docks once the sun came up. The only keeper fish I could find was out in the middle of the lake in 5 feet of water fishing the weed lines. I had a hard time finding green grass. The ones that did hit did not hit hard. They were similar to snagging grass.
No bites or anything in water over 5 feet.
I fished there about 20 years ago and remember catching nothing but hammer-handle pike and lots of them. They still may have no length limit on pike.
I only caught one or two hammer handles there this time. I haven't been there in a few years but I thought there were more drops in the lake. Two areas that I caught bass in were under docks (short bass) and out in the open weeds fishing in 5 feet of water. They were in the lillipads however, I had a hard time hooking up. They kept grabbing the bait and I would set the hook too soon. It is an interesting place to fish for sure.
I was up there a few years ago for the 4th of July, brought the boat up and spent a little time on the water. I caught them frogging, dock fishing, topwater, and found a sweet grass flipping bite out in the lake. Even found a couple nice smallies while I was there. I remember a lot of hammerhandle pike too!
That is basically where they were. The problem is finding the keeper size fish. I am sure there is a spot on the lake someplace that is loaded with bass. Trick is to find that one or two spots. Also, I did not know that lake had any smallies? Seriously? Where at lol?
I caught them off docks on the big lake, did not expect to find them there either. But 3lb smallies off docks are always a nice surprise!
That's impressive. If I would have known smallies were in there, I would have fished a little deeper. Next time :)