Fishing Report for the first weekend in April....4/7/24

As you know, my three day trip that was planned earlier this week was cancelled, due to wind, and then the next three day trip scheduled after that one was rescheduled, so it's been a long week of not fishing for me....deep sigh.

The lake is not as tore up as we all thought it would be after the wind and rain we had earlier in the week, so that's the good news. But, the rivers are dumping a lot of debris into the lake, so be careful and keep a lookout for floating logs that can damage your rig.

Water temps are in the 40s, so fish are being caught both pre-spawn and post-spawn, now. 

Bandits, Dead Eyes, DHJ12's, P-10's, and other cranks are working well for the trollers. Speeds vary from 1.3 all the way up to 1.9mph, but 1.6-1.7 seems to be an overall good speed to catch them at. 

Jiggers are catching on the reefs now, too.

We had a good satellite picture yesterday, so if you're fishing this weekend and see this...check it out...it will help you find the mixing water, where the most active fish will be hanging out, and save you some gas while you're out there running around.

Fish are being caught all over...from way west, and all the way to Cleveland, so just find the right colored water first, and use your electronics to mark some fish...and, if you find some fish in the right water, it shouldn't be hard to catch them.  Key word..."shouldn't be". ;)

I have family coming down from Wisconsin today, so I won't be out until Tuesday and Wednesday this week.  I still have Thursday and Friday open...weather permitting.

Good luck if you're headed out this weekend...be safe. :)

Capt Juls