The overcast skies were appreciated, and we only had some light rain lasting a few minutes at a time. It was a bit windy at times, but calmed toward evening.
Good news from the graph, we marked more balls of shad than I have seen in the past 2 years on the lake!! Not anything like the glory days, but seeing the shad again in specific areas certainly gives hope for an eventual recovery of the deepwater forage base.
The shad were marked from 40-60ft down. Under each ball of shad we marked lake trout, some suspended and others on bottom.We caught a good number of lakers, mostly smaller ones but well proportioned and feisty on the light tackle. All the trout caught were released to grow up a bit!!
One pic for the log book... typical of the small trout we were marking and catching today.
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We finished this evening in a small bay, for some topwater LM. A most enjoyble afternoon to close off the summer holiday season!
