J
Justin
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I am fishing a small 20-30 acer lake in northwest Indiana. I have fished it before but I am running into a problem. We have had great weather and have so for the last 6 days. It has been in the seventies. Now, the water is still cold, maybe around the low 40's. I was out yesterday and fishing from the bank (this lake is small enough to fish effectivly from shore- I make long casts so I can go to where ther fish are) The water clarity is stained to a little murky, viz is about 3-4 four feet. In the moring I was fishing a football jig along point's and dropoff's. Nothing as I was making my way down the shore line, I saw a bass roll on a shad about 4 feet from the bank and I imediatley through a 1/2 ounce red eye shad beyond where I saw the bass and began to reel it in giving it a tight yo-yo retrieve. I caught three in as many casts. After that I lost tack of the shad as the sun got brighter ae the day progressed. I know where they went and that is deeper. I tried every lure I had from jigs to crankbaits and even a swimbait hard and soft. Nothing happend. As the day got warmer I fished slower baits, finesse worms, shaky, wacky, drop shot, everything. In the early afternoon I noticed the bass coming up to the bank to sun themselves. Still could not get a strike. Points during this time of year work well in other lakes but this lake is a different animal. The day that I caught those three bass I was the only angler to catch fish of any species. Those with live bait where not producing. The lake is deep around thirty feet at the most. I can usually work througth this problem but not these last two days. So any help would be appriciated. I have ideas on how to catch these fish and there is alot of them in this lake too. But I just would like to make sure I am not missing something stupid.