Last week’s fishing was so much better than weeks before. Our lake water temperatures are creeping into the high 70’s to almost the 80 degree range.

My first day was on a local pond that I would not want to give out due to exposure so for now I’ll call it my local pond. The bass and bluegill were chewing this day. My friend threw his trusty torpedo lure and I was throwing my 5 weight fly rod. The fly patterns I used were either a Boobie fly pattern or a Double Barrel Popper. These patterns are tied with foam materials to float high on the water. When the wind picked up I switched to conventional tackle Wacky style stick baits and caught lots throughout the Lily Pads that we were in.

The next day was at Headwaters. I mostly used the Wacky technique the whole time working along the edges of deep water with a hydrilla edge to it. Once the winds picked up in order for my worm to get deeper I inserted a small nail weight into the plastic for sinking purposes. Our lakes are starting to get lower and lower each day until our summer rains kick in so anglers need to be careful of running around where it might have been safe before but not now.