I have been not so patiently waiting for the stars to align so I could finally start fishing topwater and expect to catch fish. I was on the water @ 4:45 and fishing by 5:00 am. At 5:02 I had my first LM to the boat. It wasn't the type of fish you would photograph at just over 3lbs. but it ate a buzzbait. In the next hour I caught 3 more all in that 3-3.5 range on the buzzer. These weren't the big summer time exposions that leave you with a slack line. They were of the toilet flush variety that you can't possibly screw up. I fish a big buzz bait. It is about 6 inches long from line tie to the end of the trailer. I typically throw white and then I will also throw a white one and if it's really tough my fall back buzzer is white. I have found that when the first pads are just starting to pop a slower retrieve that is just below the surface will get you bit more than fishing it fast.These fish weren't reacting to it they were tracking it and eating it. The prop was the only thing you could see when you swung em over the rail. Once the sun popped up I went bed hunting. I found a fair amount of SM beds with males gaurding. I didn't find any LM beds but I found 10-12 pairs fo LM in less that a foot of water in the middle of the day away from cover. On Wednesday I caught a 5 pound female SM that had not spawned yet but I believe for the most part the SM are done. Not to say you couldn't go hammer little males on beds for the next couple of weeks but the females have completed ther task and moved deeper. The full moon is Saturday and that should send a huge wave of LM to beds.

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