Lack of bed fish didn't really surprise me. My guess is the unstable water temp. Lake average was 58 deg with some spots in the 60 deg range. We were stable at 62 deg about three weeks back, but the last weather system took the temp down five points. It has come up 2.5 deg in five days. If we hold this pattern, I would expect the fish to start moving shallow in consistent numbers within the next three weeks. I have fish to mount this weekend, so i'll be working on that as opposed to fishing actually fishing myself. Gotta keep the customers happy.

Tight lines.