Sandy 5/2/25

[GAMBLER]

Humbling morning on the lake!  Fished from Sandy to Wautoma turned back west and trolled to the nose and back to the creek and boated one brown.   Great looking green water that was 47 degrees!  Worked out to 55’ and fished it for a little while.  Some bait clouds and we marked a couple fish out there but zero releases.  Lots of dead alewife floating on the surface throughout the day.  The brown took a 5’ rigger with a Froggy glow stinger in 11’.  

[whaler1]

Interesting. I wonder why?  Good temp and good color. Definitely a head scratcher. 

[GAMBLER]

19 minutes ago, whaler1 said:

Interesting. I wonder why?  Good temp and good color. Definitely a head scratcher. 

It was crystal clear in there yesterday according to a friend that lives on the lake.  Maybe they were scattered out deeper and haven’t came back in shallow?  Don’t know.  When I started setting the spread I looked down and said, it’s going to be game on today.

[whaler1]

Hopefully tomorrow will be better

[Gill-T]

Could it been an upwelling event with low O2 (Dead alewives) causing the bite to be off?  Did you notice if the water had an odor?  

[GAMBLER]

26 minutes ago, Gill-T said:

Could it been an upwelling event with low O2 (Dead alewives) causing the bite to be off?  Did you notice if the water had an odor?  

No.  Guys at the oak reported some dead alewife last week too.  

Edited May 2 by GAMBLER

[dickey]

Wonder if it is going to be like a few years ago when people were catching browns left and right and then the week of the derby no one could find them. Think only 5-6 were on the board that spring. Forgot what year it was but wasn’t too long ago. 

[HB2]

Well I was at Wilson 

 

1 hit 

 

Saw I small fish boated , that's it

 

Not a great screen . But did see a few big bait schools . 

 

Lot of dead Bait o n surface 

Edited May 2 by HB2

[Bad Habit]

 2024 Spring derby only 4 Browns over 10lbs were weighed in

[whaler1]

Tough morning today as well. Nothing in the skinny water. Two lakers and a king out 60-76

[HB2]

Our biggest today of the salmon  

 

Hit a J 13 behind a slide diver which took 3 hits . Got a few Lakers also and dropped 2 more 

 

Raw day out there . Thank God the guy I bought the boat from had a convertible top put on it 

[Tony G]

They always say in the salmon schools that in unstable or changing conditions that kings will seek the consistency that deep water brings. Anybody out deep??

Edited May 4 by Tony G
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[shorething]

Been a dismal spring for myself fishing from shore as well. Thought last evening would be good, nice color to the water,temp was good,bunch of mergansers chasing bait. Nada on the browns. Wondering what is going on