I live out at Nine Mile and the water going over the dam has been pure mud! We decided to launch at 7 Bays and fish down river instead of the confluence like we have been doing. As we approached 7 Bays we could see the lake had a brown tint all the way to the corner past Hawk Creek. We made a pass out in front of 7 Bays and saw nothing on the sonar. We decided to run down past Sterling and give it a try. The water was much clearer and we found some fish on the sonar. We started with the olive bunny that we caught our fish on last week. Caught only one. We also ran the usual orange belly Rapala that didn't get any last week and it was getting hits....go figure! We also picked the speed back up 2.2 mph.

We caught a few and then it died; time to experiment again. Put on the perch Kekeda and it was game on. It was on fire!! (Thanks Dave Browning) Finished out our limit for the three of us by 1:00 pm. What a beautiful day, mostly sunny and nearly 60 degrees; no heater needed. Ya hooo..........!! All were the usual trip fatties with an 18" thrown in for good measure.

The picture of Of Ed with the Sea Hawk hat shows a big grin; wonder why? Had a blast as always with good friends.

Tight lines,

Alan

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