This Spring has been unseasonably warm, and the cherry blossoms began their bloom early. As did the bass fishing. The bass were staging and holding to structure. There was no action on flats with dead vegetation. Overhanging trees, bushes or weed line provided opportunity of topwater action. There was one memorable bite where I was working a deer hair diver parallel to a fallen tree. A bass followed it for the length of the tree and ate it with gusto. Smaller baitfish patterns fished well in the afternoon. On sandy areas the bluegill are staging. There unique shapes gives them away. I couldn’t help myself and tied on a dry. The water temp got up to 58 F, and the fishing should be good for the next few weeks.
