Had the boat in for service last week, went out today. Water is noticeably up from 2 weeks ago. Launched a few minutes after 7. Water was around 55 degrees. Tried for a reaction bite in the flooded brush around the island for nothing. Hit the tires (which are now in 12-15 feet of water in some places) and snagged 2 on a Neko rigged worm. Kept drifting through the east end for nothing. Tried both the brush line in about 10 feet of water and threw a Texas rigged Senko on braid in the MIDDLE of the brush. No other biters on the east end.

Jammed over to the dam and continued trying to force feed the fish with bait casting equipment. Nothing on Texas rigged worms, C-rig, spiger grubs, deep diving cranks, and swimbaits. Gave up and threw a dropshot out and got bit on the 3rd cast. Just shy of 3 pounds. Got bit again in 3 more casts, but somehow that one came unbuttoned.

Was hoping some wind would still be out there, help with the reaction bite. But no, it was dead calm out there, water was glass. Beautiful day, tough bite still. Water was only 57ish when I left at 2.

Should be an interesting spawn and summer season once the lake fills. It looks like some nice structure spots were put in the east end area where they moved all the dirt.