Pond water near St. Louis just getting consistently into the low to mid-60s over the last week or so. Did catch some nice sized female LMBs full of eggs the weekend of May 4/5. Water still mostly turbid and have not spotted any nests at this point.

This is later than usual to reach the mid-60s in terms of water temps. Been a cold and wet spring here. Looking forward to drastically improved fishing starting this weekend. Been warm and sunny so far this week....finally. BM61.