It won’t be long now before we see if one of the old wives’ tales in fishing has any basis.
Yesterday, virtually every angler who vented a bit about how much different Day 1 was from practice.
Many blamed the storm that rolled through the night before. It was particularly vicious. Much of the night looked like a strobe light party, circa 1970s. For you kids out there, that means it was constant flashing.
Many anglers believe that hurts the shallow fishing the next morning. And virtually everyone can recall more than one instance where lightening got the blame for the poor fishing.
I’ve seen it many times myself. But there’s really no way of knowing if that’s true or not.
Thankfully the chance of thunder and lightening that was forecast didn’t actually play out. So this legendary shad spawn that is taking place on the lake could provide some added fireworks today, especially this morning.
The anglers have all left the dock. So we expect to see an increase in catch rates coming soon.