Too pretty to stay at home, so I hooked up the Lund and off to lake Campbell to see what might bite. Alas....the trolling motor battery was dead, so I trolled around with the 50 hp looking for some activity. I decided to anchor up on the east side of the island and fish some of the steeper drop off's with jigs, spinners, and spoons.
Started picking up a few perch on a yellow rooster tail, then about 11:30 the hummingbird lit up like crazy. I grabbed a jig and bobber set up and it was a fish every cast for the next hour. Heck, you didn;t even need to cast, just drop it over the side of the boat and pull in a fish. It was crazy.
I wish the grandkids had been along.
Anyway, it would have been a great day, except the perch in Campbell run pretty small. I managed to get enough 10 inchers for dinner, but most were 8 & 9 inches. Jig color didn't seem to matter much, Most were caught on yellow or white mini-tubes on a 1/16 jig. 15 feet of water, and the fish were initially near the bottom, but came up to 5 feet. water temp was 50 to 51F.

While taking out, I talked with a fellow also pulling out, and he had done well on trout still fishing with green powerbait. 5 triploids, all about 16 inches.

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