We were up there last week and the smallies were getting started with bedding. We used wacky rigged Trick Worms with no weight and #9 floating Rapalas. We caught plenty of fish up to 3.5 lbs with only about 10 dinks, if even that many. Lots of fish in the 2.5 to 3 lb range. We targeted obvious spawning areas, seeking out rocky shorelines, reefs and any other shallow structure we could find that appeared to have a gravel or rocky bottom. We fished mainly east of Big Island, except for one particular honey hole we found last year that again turned out to be quite productive. There was a huge mayfly hatch going on and some of the fish that had already moved up into shallow water were giving themselves away by rolling on the mayflies.

I also want to give a big thanks to the 3 gentlemen near the south end of the lake that helped us get our bearings after we (my dad) motored past the dam and missed our turn. Once we were on the correct path, we ended up running out of gas about 10 minutes from camp. A local resident on his way back home was kind enough to give us a tow. A big thanks goes out to those 2 guys as well....they helped make our trip a good one yet again.