June 15th - June 23rd fishing report.

Denise with Lunker of the week, 3 lb. 6 oz.



3 lb 4 oz. I don't know why the hell I am posing like this!



 3 lb. 5 oz.  A more conservative pose!  LOL!

 

6 oz.  At least I'm having fun. :)

 Denise bundled up!  Definitely had some cool evenings.

Denise on a nice day at Browns Bay.



 

OH CRAP!  I have work to do.  Bass opens in the morning!

Yup!  Water level is WAY up.  Photo by my brother from his boat before we arrived.

 

 Crusing out of Upper Deep Bay in the evening, wife took this awesome picture.





Simply stated, the opening week of bass season was not good.  In our eight season at the lake, our catch count was not even close to prior years.  We only caught 60 bass for the whole week.  To give you an idea how bad that is, last year we caught 218 bass during opening week.   The fishing may be bad because of the excessively high water level and lower water temps.  The lake is 2 to 3 feet above average for this time of year.  When we arrived Friday night our dock was under water.  Had to do some adjustments to get it above the water.  The lake level finally dropped about 1 foot by the end of the week.  It still needs to drop a lot more.  Best 3 bass for the week were 3 lb 4 oz, 3 lb 5 oz and 3 lb 6 oz caught by my wife.  There was really no hot spots for opening week.  Our best day was 12 bass. The bass definitely had lockjaw!  I am hoping the bass are biting better our next trip to the lake this weekend.  But, of course, any day at Black Lake is certainly better than a day at work.
Until next time folks...Fish On!