Glad to See Someone Is Getting on the Water

I had been eyeing today as a chance of getting on the water for the first time since our Classic tournament last weekend. As luck would have it, though, Murphy's Law intervened yet again.

Since yesterday morning, I've been struggling with some lower-back pain that, to this point, has shown no signs of relenting anytime soon. It's even been difficult to pull my socks on the past two mornings.

A little bit ago, however, I received a short email from my friend, "Doc," along with some photos attached. It seems he took advantage of the nice weather today and went looking for a few bass.

He found the 1-9 pictured here, along with one that weighed 11 ozs. He also boated a1-4 pickerel, which really isn't a surprise at all, considering that my friend, Charlie, caught 24 of those toothy critters in one day here recently. It's that time of year when pickerel usually show up in abundance.

The lucky lures today for "Doc" were a crankbait and a swimjig. He described the conditions, as taken from the ScoutLook Weather FishLog App on his phone, this way:

Water temp - 54 to 60 degrees
Air temp - 59 to 60 degrees
Barometer - 29.98 inches and rising
Relative humidity - 52 percent

Thanks for the input, "Doc." And good on ya for catching a few, too. Tight Lines!