Spent the day at Hartwell today. I spent the first 3 hours fishing deep rock and cranking a square bill on rocky points. I caught a limit on the square bill with the biggest about 3 pounds. I think we can catch quite a few on a crank bait Saturday but I don't know if we would have the quality we would need. I did get two jig bites (bent hook so not sure of size) on deeper rock and my gut tells me that is the way to get the bigger bites.
After 3 hours I spent the rest of the day in the backs of creeks flipping a jig and throwing a spinnerbait. Water temp. was 56 (amazing for January!) but I never got a bite. I never saw any bait or any fish moving. There is a one mile stretch of our best water that I never touched. Hopefully we will do well there and have the things I found today to fall back on if we need a fish.
I could not be happier with how my boat did in the shallower water. I say shallower because the flats I fished were deeper than I have seen them in some time. However, I was very happy with how the boat performed and I never had any issues with access. This is a topic I will revisit several times as we get into spring and summer.
Spending tomorrow getting things ready and I will report on our tournament this weekend. I will post a pic tomorrow of what I am taking - I plan to travel light.
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Enjoyed fishing with you. Let’s do it again some time.
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