March29302007

March 29-30, 2007

Bass Fishing at Sangchris Lake, near Springfield IL

19"

Lisa and I made the trip down to Sangchris for the first time in 2007. (And yes, we got rained on, a lot.)

Good News !!! The lake is at Normal Pool !!!

Water temp was 70-78 degrees, clarity about 6 inches to a foot.

We fished two days, starting about Noon each day and fishing until dusk. We found the most active fish in the general area of the lilypad fields. There was enough floating/suspended dead weeds to make shad raps virtually impossible to work in the areas I wanted, so we used the Yum Wooley Curlytail grubs, weedless on a 1/8 ounce bullet weight, around the lilypads in 2-6 feet of water. The bass fishing is good, and will be getting WILD very soon.

I'm planning to get back out there in the second week of April.

I hope you all catch a Big One.

Save one for me !!!!

Here's Video Clip of Lisa trying not to ruin her manicure while unhooking a few small bass.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91UKQ5BvSgo

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