Launched at Brewers Lock and motored out onto Cranberry and I could not get over the water color water - beige/green, lure disappeared in a foot of water and it almost felt hot to touch. Headed over to Dog and conditions in the south basin were the same. I never went up to the north end where the Splake are but its hard to imagine with this kind of algae bloom there are any left alive. I wish I had a themometer I've never felt water that warm in a lake or river before. It felt 90F.
I last fished here a month ago and it was amazing how much things have changed. It was moderately clear then and more weeds. Still all things considered with a cold front moving in and the weather unsettled it was probably better to be on a stained lake than a clear one.
Tried a big spinnerbait with a single huge thumping blade for awhile, waked it, slow rolled it and fluttered it and only managed to catch one small bass and lots of slime.
Tried a buzzbait over top of the weeds and a rattletrap on the outside edge too with no luck so I decided to slow down.
Tried pitching a jig into pockets but with the dirty water it was impossible to see the pockets. Even Senko's drew a blank.
Did best with a texas rigged worm worked through the coontail and on the edges and a fire tiger crankbait just outside the weeds. By sundown I'd caught at least a dozen fat 1-3 lbers and one 4+.
Things cooled off in a hurry so I said the heck with the topwater bite and headed home.
What a mess that body of water is in. At the locks the place stinks of sewage. When I got home and parked the boat in the garage I couldn't stand the smell of it so I went to the car wash and hosed it down.
