
I started out the day casting, I went through all the standard early spring baits....rattle baits, jerk baits both dive-rise and gliders, small bucktails and rubber. After 6-1/2 hours of this without even seeing a fish I decided it was time to make a change, so I pulled out the trolling rods and started trolling in the same general areas I had been casting. I put a small deep running crankbait out, on a short line to keep it running fairly shallow and on another rod I put a larger shallow running crankbait on a longer line. Within the first 1/2 hour I got a the first fish of the year, a fat little 29"er, while not a big fish by any stretch but a fish never the less. A little while later while trolling through the same area, from the opposite direction, I got another fish, on the same little deep running crank. This fish was almost a carbon copy of the first.
The photos are of the second fish.
Two little fish on the first trip of the year, while not anything to brag about, I was happy to at least see one on the first trip, even if it was small.
Hopefully next time I will get one a little bigger.

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