Memorial Day Weekend

Morning with Darrin

Date: May 28, 2011
Location: Lake Bloomington
Weather: Overcast mid 50's (Stormy afternoon high in the low 70's)
Time: 5:45-9:45 AM
Water Temp: Mid 60's
Results: 1 runt largemouth (White Swim Jig) 1 runt smallmouth (SK Series 3 crankbait sexy shad color)

Runt Smallmouth on
SK Series 3 Crankbait

Runt Largemouth on
White Swim Jig

It was nice to get to spend a morning with Darrin I don't get to see my friends very often with all of my family and work responsibilities.  There was not a whole lot of serious fishing going on but that can always wait for another morning.  Darrin was nice enough to bring whole package of deersticks.  I am pretty sure I ate to many of them.  I started off throwing crankbaits  along the seawall across from the boat launch.  I was trying to catch a quick walleye for Darrin to take home for lunch.  No such luck.  I missed numerous fish before I finally hooked up with a runt largemouth on a swim jig, followed by a smallmouth on a crankbait.  I also missed a few fish on a shaky head worm fished along the boat docks on the east side of the lake.  Will finish updating tomorrow.

All told I probably missed four fish but nothing to large.

Memorial Day

Date: May 30, 2011

Location: Lake Bloomington

Weather: Sunny high 70's to mid 80's very windy (High of 90 for the day)

Time: 6:-10:00 AM

Results: 3 largemouth (13" and 2 runts on 1/8 Oz shaky head w/ KVD finesse worm)  2 smallmouth (10.5 on SK Bitsy Jig Blue/Black with Berkley Havoc Deuce Trailer and a runt on the shaky head worm)  14.5" Walleye on SK Series 3 crankbait sexy shad color)

Very windy day focused on Shaky head most of the day by boat docks and seawall across from the boat launch.  Large catfish probably 8 or 9 lbs broke my line fishing with the shaky head.  Lost a sure keeper size largemouth  on the shaky head, but did not get a look at it.   All fish were caught around docks and seawall across from boat launch. 

Will update with more details and pictures tomorrow