Zippy wasn't kidding

[fishballer06]

Zippy said on Sunday that the Big O Reservoir was getting hot. He wasn't kidding. I went out yesterday afternoon to try my luck and caught 7.

Time 430 PM - 7 PM
Temp  55*
Water - I'm guessing low to mid 40's
Pretty windy and swirling
Visibility about 1 foot
Water is still high, but the outflow isn't as bad as last weekend

I took 3 rods and rigged them each differently. A spinnerbait, a football jig, and a texas rigged worm.

I fished the main road side and had all my luck there. I caught 7 total, 6 of which came on the spinnerbait, the other coming on a football jig. Every fish I caught had the bait completely sucked in the back of their throat. The females are full of eggs and they're getting ready to do their deal.

I noticed the bite started to die down once the sun started getting lower. That sun warming up the banks is so crucial this time of year.

Setups:

Spinnerbait was rigged on a Dobyns Champion 734c with a Bantam MGL. This rod is my go to spinnerbait rod. While this rod can do everything, I've fallen in love with it for spinnerbaits.

The football jig was rigged on a Dobyns Extreme 745c with a Bantam MGL. I think the fish were active and didn't want something slow on the bottom. The fish I did catch on this was small and it bit whenever I had to pop the bait up over either a rock or tree in the water.

The Texas rigged 9" Jelly worm was rigged on a GLoomis IMX Pro 863JWR with a Bantam MGL. I didn't have any luck on this, but I only made about a dozen casts with it on the far side of the lake (away from the main road).

[Mike Cork]

Great report, thank you for posting...

That girl in the photo has been rubbing quite a bit the last couple days. If you all get a warming trend that warms the shallows, you're gonna have spawning bass.

[Donald Garner]

Congrats on the catching and tks for sharing the trip report and picture with us also.

[Captsteve]

Congrats, thanks for sharing

                                Any day fishing, is a good day.

[Lipripper]

Thanks for the report and glad you listened to zippy and went out and fished his spots and caught his fish. 

[zippyduck]

Thanks for the report and glad you listened to zippy and went out and fished his spots and caught his fish. 

Glad you got on them. 

[fishballer06]

That girl in the photo has been rubbing quite a bit the last couple days. If you all get a warming trend that warms the shallows, you're gonna have spawning bass.

Haha, that's actually my own blood. She spined me pretty good and sliced my thumb up pretty good.

[zippyduck]

Oneida was slow today. Had to drag a senko to get bit. Caught 2 and had one break the 6 lb test on too hard of a hookset.