Finally made it out! And may I add without incident with either motors or batteries! But boy did I get rusty and soft over the winter! Got line cuts on left index finger from setting hooks on ghost fish and blisters on right index from reelin! Not to mention backache from standing for 10 hours! Man you gotta love it! Anyway, skies were clear, light and variable breeze,(mostly out of NW), water temps. climbed throughout the day and ranged anywhere from 51 to 60 depending where you were. Fishing was tough for this time of year due to what I assume because of up and down water temps.,but I guess that's true with any spring fishing! In all picked up 14 fish and in total probably did not weigh any more than that. Did hook one pig but came unbuttoned off a crankbait. That's what I get for not changing trebles though. (Getting Lazy) The fish I did pick up were on small shallow benches with water depths of 5ft. or less.

Caught 3 on crankbait, 2-jerkbait, 1-spinnerbait, 8-green/pumpkin tube. Could not buy a bite off jig'n pig! I was slow-rolling a spinnerbait and got hung up on what I thought was a large piece of loose wood but as I was pulling up realized it was a large snapping turtle! Luckily as I was reaching for needle nose it came unhooked, or just let go! That's about the 3rd time I've hooked a snapping turtle on a spinnerbait over the years.

Did see one other noteworthy thing which was a pair of wood ducks breeding on a limb approx. 70'high in large oak tree! I've seen them breeding in water but never in a tree. Maybe they were just practicing!