I should have taken the camera this morning but with it being hot the last few days I figured the shallow bite would be gone. I started fishing deep water but by 8AM only caught about 15 dinks,some really small,maybe 4 inches long.Probably from this spring's spawn. Decided to try the shallows. They were shallow and I caught 60-70 easy in three hours. Most were 7-8 inches but a dozen or so were over 10 inches and two were around 13. I need to forget about the deep water and just start shallow. All fish were released. I was the only one fishing the shallows. A regular flash duck did the best but I fished it longer than the tailgunners. Once I started throwing them it was about even. It seems like the average size is a little bigger with the blades. It was windy,gusting up to 20 mph or so.The best retrieve was a straight cast and reel today. Wind was blowing straight at me and the wave action was all the action I needed.It's supposed to rain tonight and get cooler so hopefully they'll stay shallow. Only lost three baits today,better than usual.
