Bass in April

[Brodie Allred]

Here is one for ya Mr. Bales. Last year, I think it was in April, I layed into a school of smaller bass in a REAL shallow area. It was in the town of Hamilton by the grocery store. Near the old boat ramp. I think we caught well over 50 bass. Two of them were over 5 pounds. These were all caught on Rapalas. This was right before I converted to spoonplugging. The deepest water I have ever found in there is around 9'. Do you think that channel that runs through there is the home of the fish? It is a pretty small and shallow area. I have been wondering about that for a year now. Just something about I guess. I can't believe that this is one of the more important sections of the bulletin board and no one has posted anything on here. Anyways, talk to ya tomorrow.

[John Bales]

Just in front of the resterant there is a hole that is 11 or 12 feet deep. That is the deepest water in that whole bay and there is a group of fish that use that hole. They are not normally large fish but there are some. This is a hot spot in the spring but not worth looking at later in the season.
John

[Brodie Allred]

I know about that hole, but these fish were on the opposite end of the bay. However, I did check that later in the year and there was nothing to be found in there. Just little suckers. The deepest water in the area I caught them was 9'. Unless I missed something in that area but I checked it out pretty thoroughly. I guess I would have to think that MAYBE they migrated that far for spawning or something. The area I caught them in is very condusive to that bottom type. I guess I would like to pinpoint the exact home of those fish. Either way we had fun and I guess that is why we go fishing huh?