Here in Northeast Ohio we have had yet another sunny spring day with temps in the 60's. Over the last two weeks we melted two feet of snow and about 6-8" of ice off the ponds/lakes.

Of course the only thing I can think about is landing a nice LMB and surveying my resident fish population.

Water temps are in the low 40's here with yet another cold front in tap next week.

So I tried to fish for a half hour today and the only thing active in my pond was two new muskrats that moved in over the winter.


I digress, this is my sophomore campaign on the pond and I can barely remember when things started last year. When can I expect BG, BC and LMB to become active again?

Furthermore is the proportional relationship between water temp and LMB activity, Bell Curve peaking in the mid 70's, hold true throughout the life of a fish or does it's age and size play a role?

The reason I ask is b/c I have read reports of very nice LMB(5-6 lbs) being taken in Portage Lakes down the road which is roughly the same depth of my BOW but much larger. I can only assume the temperatures are colder if anything there.

What gives, why are my younger and smaller fish not active yet?