The SW wind was relentless. It blew constantly day + night which made the fishing tougher than in past years. I like fishing in the wind, but this was ridiculous. On the plus side, whenever it was overcast or raining and windy in the morning, the fish bit very well. Once the sun was out, the bite got much, much more difficult.
My usual plan was to hit a different herring run pond every day in the early morning for an hour or 2. The herring fry are about 1" long now and the fish try to pick them off in the morning for a breakfast snack. Some years, they are very keyed in on the herring - especially when it's calm. This year, they bit on a wide variety of baits - possibly because of the wind. I also noticed a lot of yellow perch in the areas that I was fishing and some of the bass were probably feeding on the perch, as well.
Poppers, chatterbaits, tungsten football jigs, texas rigged 4.5" yum mighty bug, king daddy frog, KVD 2.5 cranks, bass magic 3.5" swimbaits, whopper plopper, some BPS saltwater hard plastic jointed swimbait all worked...probably a few more that I'm forgetting. Mostly largemouth with some smallies thrown in. The perch have been taking lures up to 5". It was impossible to throw a small crank because the perch would attack it immediately.
Average size was between 2-4 lbs. Good quality fish, but no really big ones.
Here's some pics...
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