Satuday Fishing Report - 3/11/17

Welcome back again to the fishing report for less than competent anglers.

First off, let me make something clear.  I bank fish.  For the most part, I use worms.  I catch plenty of fish. And I enjoy myself immensely.  Which, I would think, is the point.  Apparently there's some kind of boat vs bank bias.  Meh.  We have a boat.  We use it sometimes.  But when I'm by myself, which is most of the time, I don't take the boat.  I've actually had better luck from the shore.  And WAY better luck with worms than lures.  :shrug:  As long as you're catching fish and enjoying yourself, it shouldn't matter.

Saturday 3/4 - It was a gorgeous morning, so I went to the park.  The idea was to go to that spot where I almost caught the whopper walleye.  Too bad for me, someone was already there.  I went elsewhere in the park, but no bites.  Then I had to use the facilities, and noticed that guy had moved, so I went to the spot I had originally intended.  But by then, it was too late.  I got a few bites, but no fish.  Still, enjoyed myself and it was, like I said, gorgeous out.

Sunday - Woke up to gray skies and 50+ temps.  Perfect.  I went to my main go-to fishing spot.  Got there at like 8:50am.  (Just in time for the wind to start gusting, btw.)  By 9am, I already had a fish on.  It fought like a champion and I wasn't really sure what I had hooked.  Turned out to be my first good-sized smallie.  14.5" smallmouth bass.  Felt like a male (no fat egg-belly).  About 10am, I caught an 11" spotted bass.  Long about 10:30, I hooked into another big fighter.  When I got it in, it was a 16" spotted.  My biggest bass yet.  Fat with eggs.  I swear she had to be over 2lbs.  With great sadness, I put her back.  Finally, about fifteen minutes later, I caught a little 4-5" bluegill.  By 11, I was tired of fighting the wind, so I went home.  2hrs/4 fish.  On worms.

Monday - Went out in the morning.  It was cooler and sunny.  And windy, of course.  I tried that spot where I almost caught that hog walleye.  Nope.  Not a bite.  Then I went back to the go-to spot.  Nope.  So I wandered around.  I finally got some back deep in a little cove, but they were all worm thieves.  So I put the pole down and pulled line.  Came home with a half dozen sinkers and a weird lure.  

Thursday - Tried the afternoon fishing thing again.  The temps were in the mid-70s and the breeze was nice.  It was blowing north, which works better for me at the go-to spot.  Got out there around 3:30pm.  Didn't catch anything until almost 5.  An 11" spotted bass.  Shortly after, I almost got what I guess was a 12-13" inch spot.  It shook it's head about two feet from shore and got off.  The only other things biting were little worm thieves.  I left at 5:20 because a storm was rolling in.  Thunder and standing on the bank with a graphite rod in your hands do not mix.

That's it for me this week.  Have a great next week and get out in nature, if you can.