I too will be out this Sunday in the yak, possibly back at Mansfield. I was there this past Saturday morning and the water level was stupid low, but the weeds have started to die as they've been exposed and burned by the sun. I got hammered just North of the small island on the boat launch side on my first cast of the morning, throwing a 2 oz. Pearson's Grinder. I lacked the appropriate skills to keep the fish on; that and I didn't file a fresh point on the hooks. I did some exploring as well, checking out the area where the Mount Hope River flows in. I spotted two smaller pike milling about near a weed bed in less that two feet of water.
I'm now comfortable enough in the yak to both fish and paddle while standing. I must have looked like a guy bone fishing on a flat in the keys. I just need a push pole!
We're on the pace lap and mother nature is hopefully about to throw the green flag. To say I'm excited is an understatement.
-Eric
