Took the yak out after Church and paddled to an area that probably wasn't even under the water last week. With the lake being taken to summer pool it was 1-4ft deep in areas and about 10ft deep at the mouth of the cove. When I arrived I could see fish all over the cove and within minutes I was catching fish. Caught several blue gill and then found crappie stacked around some brush. All were in the 10-12 inch range. All were caught on a black/chart cm on a road runner jig head. I then foul hooked what I believe to be a gar that pulled me around the cove before rolling over my line and breaking it about 10 ft from the yak.
While I was retying my line something started that I had not seen since I had left east Tennessee. The bass began jumping everywhere. I tied on a black/silver popper and began catching bass almost every other cast. Back home we called this "in the jumps" and tended to only happen near the dams or steam plants. I ended up catching 7 before I had to paddle back so the wife wouldn't kill me. Most were 15-17".
JPP - Easter Sunday
