Looking to be one of the warmest in recent memories! 80 degrees and a fishy wind direction too! Who's fired up to go?
8 lakers total. Nothing picture worthy. Showed up at 730 and was on the water after maybe 15 minutes in line. Lakers were scattered like they normally are early season. Really nice weather.
All vertical jigging with livescope. 55 fow was the ticket. Will return once it gets hot out and the lakers are stacked in their summer spots.
Ever catch any up shallow in the cold water? What was the surface water temp?
I've caught them as shallow as 10 FOW in April. I don't have my own boat or fish finder so going deeper wasn't much of an option for me. I've caught them both trolling (aka idling a quabbin rental) spinners/spoons and shore fishing live bait.
49 to 55 where we fished and yes, as shallow as 4-7fow on the opener. Issue is its hard to het a good bite going shallow vs deeper. Catch a few in 50 where they are schooled up, some will burp up leftovers and many times a good competitive bite develops.