Submitted by Volforeen (ip 24.20.224.175)

Date Fished: 3/14/2005
Water Temperature: 55
Water Clarity: 2-3 feet

Fished on the upper river from 9am to 6pm with a friend of mine. We were using 3-4 inch senko-style stickbaits (Roger would be happy) and putting around riffles, seams and ledges. Colors: pumpkinseed and watermellon--with the biggest smallie taking a 3" Senko in chartreuse. Styles: Dropshot, splitshot. Between the two of us, we landed and released 30 bass, 3 squawfish and a number of salmon and steelhead smolt(smolt were EVERYWHERE!). Most fish were caught in 5-15 feet of water.

Largest Smallmouth: 18 inch, 4 lb Smallie(fattie) (caught by me)

4 of the 30 bass were largemouth, with a 3lb, 17 inch fish and a 2 pounder in the mix. Most of the smallies were in the 1-2lb range with a few 3lb fish. All of the bass were perky and fought very hard for this time of year, which was quite a nice surprise.

All in all, a 30 bass pre-spawn day was a real treat! I will post the pictures on the iFish site as soon as I get them.

- Rich

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