With the extended warm weather fellow club member Scott Hartman and I decided to take advantage of it Sunday and try out his new boat. He just purchased a red 1999 Nitro 882 with a 150 Mercury XR6 on it and we had to break it in. Lake Columbia was close enough so we could get about three hours on the water and still make it home in time for the Lions game.
The water is still surprisingly warm at 59 degrees and a lot of green weeds still remain. The bite was slow but steady and we caught five keepers and a total of about 12 pounds. Scott caught the biggest one which is pictured above, a 4.1 pounder that inhaled a spinnerbait on a shallow stumpy flat. I caught four keepers myself with the biggest going 2.5 lbs on a jig.
The fish aren't concentrated yet and most were very skinny. I believe the next big cold front will cause the fish to go on a big feeding frenzy and hopefully we'll be there to capitalize. Neither of us hunt so fishing will be our #1 priority this fall and hopefully I'll have a few more good outings to report on. St. Clair hopefully this weekend.
nice sweatshirt!!
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