Fishin' the cold side

[3dkicker]

Got out today on the cold side of Anna for a while and messed around. I fished a couple areas and checked out the water temps and found 51 to 54.5 degrees. Found some crappie, bluegill, and small bass in groups in the back of the warmer coves. Couldn't get anything to eat a bait so I continued to fish points leading into the coves. No success there either. Found one bass up shallow that was in pretty bad shape - I'll post pics later - and still couldn't get bit.
Ran to another creek and found a large school of crappie, bluegill, and bass (over 50 fish) under a shallow dock but couldn't get a bite. Tested a couple new baits and no success. Found a nice fish over 4lbs cruising and spooked it. Saw one of the guides mowing his lawn so I idled over and chatted. He said things were tough due the cold front and guys had it tough yesterday on the lake.
Finally finished the day in another small creek. Saw one nice fish in the 4+ class cruising but not interested. Put a small swimbait in front of another smaller bass and nothing. Very tough on the water with one exception which I'll post tomorrow .

Kevin - for some reason my username and password wouldn't allow me to post on the Fishing Report page.

[Captmikestarrett]

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Capt Mike

[3dkicker]

Thanks. Catchin' any bass along with the specks? Friend of mine witnessed a 8-1 that was caught last weekend.

[Captmikestarrett]

Got about 17 last two days in the spoils. Two around 4 lbs and the rest all ice cold dinks.

Capt Mike

[3dkicker]

Nice. Ran into a bunch of specks today. All were shallow and spooked easily. A few of them were ok sized. No real big ones. Might visit a brush pile or two next weekend.

[JB]

3d Bout the same here today too, we ran into schools or crappie and white bass in the front third of the creeks, got a few bass near the warmer water near gravel, fun day for sure since the ice out!

[3dkicker]

I fished shallow coves, deep coves, gravel banks, rip rap, clay banks, sandy points, rocky points, gravel points, clay points, laydowns, pilings (submerged), stumps, docks, and everything else I could think of. The baits I used included a GP Craw Papi, chatterbait type bait, crankbait, a plastic swimbait w/ 1/2oz head and a couple more that I can't think of at the moment. I fished them fast and slow and probably got a bite or two but they just bumped the bait. Probably should have brought the old shad rap which catches fish in 54 degree water.