Did a 2 day camping trip to Jordanelle (was supposed to be 3 days but shortened due to this cold front/wind).Bass fishing was good,probably 50 or so. Fished the south side of Rock Cliff.Nothing huge,but did get a few nicer sized ones up to a couple of pounds.Had a blast on light tackle.They really turned on around 8 a.m. on Tues. until the W came up around 11 a.m. All were caught on Berkeley 2" green and orange power grubs. A few rainbows and perch were also caught.Water temp was 57*.Please be aware of the runoff debris in Rock Cliff (typical this time of year).There are some real nasty ones floating in there,some just barely visible.
Glad you got in some fishing before Mama Nature pitched her hissy fit. Too bad the trip was shortened though. I know you wanted to try Starvation, but that is too far to drive just to watch the whitecaps. I know, from my last trip there.
Good to hear there are some perch in the vacinity. I suspect that when the runoff slows down and the water temps come up that there will be some good perchin’ this year.
I am wondering about the size of the smallies this year. Two years ago everybody was hanging lots of bigguns, but last year the average size seemed to drop off a lot.
Last couple of years I had the same results during the runoff.No perch until the runoff stopped and the water warmed but lots of SMB’s.I marked a lot of fish in my perch spots but they had lockjaw so I concentrated on the bass.I’m thinking drop shotting the bass might have yielded bigger fish that were on their beds, but I still had fun with the smaller fish with the ultralite tackle.