During the rockfish closure I’ve been hitting St Mary’s Lake almost daily. Get to the gate around 15 minutes early, get rigged up, pull through gate at 6 and launch immediately. This gives me about an hour of topwater before the sun gets too high and the fish move deeper. The last two days I’ve noticed a white looking film on the water in leeward spots.
Sorry about picture quality but you can see the white. When I looked closer I think it’s ash from the fires out west mixing in with usual lake crud to give it that white hue.
Today was a typical day, 8 topwater fish by casting over 4-6’ of water 30-50 yards from the bank. Right now I don’t get many bites super shallow and everyone who fishes pounds the banks, these fish have seen it all. By moving off the bank I’m in much less pressured water.
Once the sun gets up I switch over to my Yamamoto grubs and tube baits. This gave me another 5 bass and another very nice pickerel.
I’ll take these over a perch everyday of the week. Generally I’m off by 8:30-9:00, beat the heat is my mantra.
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Sorry about picture quality but you can see the white. When I looked closer I think it’s ash from the fires out west mixing in with usual lake crud to give it that white hue.
Today was a typical day, 8 topwater fish by casting over 4-6’ of water 30-50 yards from the bank. Right now I don’t get many bites super shallow and everyone who fishes pounds the banks, these fish have seen it all. By moving off the bank I’m in much less pressured water.
Once the sun gets up I switch over to my Yamamoto grubs and tube baits. This gave me another 5 bass and another very nice pickerel.
I’ll take these over a perch everyday of the week. Generally I’m off by 8:30-9:00, beat the heat is my mantra.
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