Brian, I fished Dixon Sunday- I threw the soft Rago and the 9" Osprey, I had followers starting on my first cast outside the rental dock, pretty much continuing the whole time I fished. All these fish were decent, 3-maybe 5 lbs., but none really charged my baits. I would drop the baits down to the smaller shallow fish, they would check it out but most were little guys- saw a couple bigger units, maybe 6-7, they would show a little interest but not much. I don't know the names of the spots, but the little cove down by the spillway, where I got a nice one last week, was clogged with trout guys, as was the limited bank. Didn't even bother trying to thread the needle and cast in there, figured the bass were probably over the crowd, etc., anyway. I would have liked to throw down around the other end of the lake, guys were doing great on the trout, but too crowded for me. Threw the frog on all the mats I could, not a blowup, didn't seem too many decent fish were up under there anyway- after throwing the frog I would slide the boat up into the mat as a kind of anchor and throw the swimbaits deep, didn't see any bass up in there like I did last week. I think the big girls probably ate their fill Saturday, Sunday night and were chilling deep. OR maybe they weren't ready to go, you guys know how finicky they are. Visibility was a lot better, makes for good viewing but I think poor fishing. The fish that followed my baits seemed like the guys who hadn't mastered the art of trout gorgeing (sp?)and might have been looking for a smaller, tastier trout, although I did coat the baits in Hot Sauce. Probably could have whacked them on a senko or something, I didn't bring any of that except for one stick with my favorite frog. Well, I guess if it was easy we wouldn't all be nuts trying to catch 'em. I did get my Rago to run pretty well with lead strips on the treble (kind of like a keel?), got it to keep from rolling and ran a little deeper- Heard some reports of the bait ripping on casts, mine held up well from two days of casting, lack of big bass probably contributed to it's lifespan. I aim to make it die a slow, productive, chewed up death. Tight lines, if you want to hook up at Dixon, Brian, I'm up for the drive down on a weekend, maybe split a boat or something.

R.I.P. my brand new 7" BWW Osprey from last week, forgot about those metal lines holding the docks! At least she caught one decent fish, that's worth it. So close yet so far, just out of reach on that cable!!