The action was fair, given I only fished for about 45 minutes. I started with the hand auger at about 4:00 p.m., started fishing about 25 minutes later (after a couple small strokes and one heart attack) and caught that one BG about 6 inches off the bottom, in 8 feet of water. I had several other light hits, which felt like BG to me, but we have loads of BCP in our pond, and they can hit mighty lightly too. I'll probably work some deeper spots and maybe try some minnows on Saturday. Supposed to be in 30s in Iowa, so will feel like heat wave!


"He who thinks he can and he thinks he can't, they're both usually right." - Wyatt Hendrickson, 2025 NCAA Hwt Champion