For the Week Ending Sunday, June 23, 2019

Monday, June 17 (from Ron)...Made a quick evening trip to upper North Landing. Found two dink bass and a 2-7. The dinks hit the SwimSenko, and the 2-7 hit a Pop R about 7:30 p.m. About then, the sky darkened, and the sparkly stuff started to crackle, so I headed in. Just before recovering, figured "one last cast," and threw the Pop R to shoreline about 30 feet from the recovery spot. Wham! a 5-6, 22-inch bass swallowed the bait and started running. Thought it was a bowfin. It was a great tussle. Had a few other swipes at the Pop R that may have been gar.

Wednesday, June 19 (from Ron)...I waited for the storms to pass this evening and fished from 7 to 8 p.m. Had a steady bite on SwimSenkos, but they were all small and destroyed a bag of worms. Caught about a dozen that were too small to weigh. Pop R produced a better class, with a 1-2, 1-3, 1-4 and a 1-7.

Friday, June 21 (from Ron)...Fished Lovitt's this evening from 7 to 8:30. Caught eight bass, including three dinks, a 1-1, 1-2, 1-4, 1-5, and 1-7. Also caught two small white perch. Started with a micro spinner and caught a few, then shifted to Zoom U-Vibe worm and caught a few more. Closed out the evening with the Pop R. When the wind died down, it was very pleasant.

Saturday, June 22 (from Ron)...Fished Tecumseh from 7:30 to 12 noon. Didn't get a single bite for 3.5 hours. Lake was the color of chocolate milk, so went into a side creek and found clear water and some fish. U-Vibe worm caught crappie, chain pickerel, and a warmouth (never caught one of the latter in Tecumseh before). Bass fell to Senko and XTS. Yellow perch took a micro spinner. Haven't had a five-species day in a long time. Bass weighed 1-1 and 3-0. Had many missed swipes while dragging the U-Vibe over the surface, just inches above the thick grass (chain pickerel I think). Main Tecumseh lake is almost completely void of grass, and there are no lily pads at all. May account for the poor bite in the main. There was a decent amount of grass in the feeder creek. Very nice weather!

Saturday, June 22 (from Ken)...I broke my long-standing rule to "never fish on Saturday unless there's a tournament," and I'm glad I did. Started my day by seeing if the big 'un I lost a couple weeks ago was home in West Neck. Didn't find him, or for that matter, a fish period...neither did anyone else I talked to today. Had two other guys tell me they started in West Neck but couldn't drum up the first smell of a fish, so they headed for greener pastures, as did I. With all the cloud cover this morning, managed to put together a topwater bite that lasted until about 12:30. Boated 12 during that time, then added a couple more this afternoon, finishing the day with six dink bass, a 1-1, 1-2, 1-4, 1-6, two 1-11s, a 2-8, and a 2-9. Also lost three more en route to the boat, and ended the day with a bowfin that would have run about 4 lbs. Once I got in this afternoon, learned from Gene that a couple fellas had caught about 30 bass, and I talked to another one who boated 25. Heard one guy describe the bass as "on fire" today...just not in West Neck. Incidentally, the water was gorgeous today.

Sunday, June 23 (from Ron)...Fished Blackwater this morning from 8 to 11 a.m. Half the time was spent in transit, as weekends allow. Caught 11 bass, including dinks and a 1-1, 1-5, 1-7, 1-10, and a 1-14. Bite was steady, with a crappie and a few small white perch thrown in. Everything fell to plastic worms. Oddly, though, couldn't elicit a topwater bite.