Spring slow to arrive

For a while there it looked like we might have a nice early spring. There were a few days of mice weather and although food control lakes were high and muddy others, such as Buckeye, were in good shape and reports I heard indicated the action was heating up. It was mostly saugeye, crappie and catfish (especially crappie at Buckeye), but I heard of a few bass being caught and a man I didn't know brought one that looked to be about 4 or 4 1/2 pounds by Bob's Outdoor Supply one morning.

Naturally, my tackle wasn't ready to go, but I wasn't concerned. I'd get out son. Then it turned cold and gloomy again and it doesn't look like it will warm up again until Thursday or so. I don't envy the angler signed up to fish the Leroy Sheppard Memorial tournament out of Lieb's Island Sunday (Sponsored by Perry County Anglers). It's supposed to reach a high or around 40 Sunday, which I suppose would be bearable, but if there's any wind or rain it could be uncomfortable at best.

I just hope we have some nice weekends. I'm back to working full-time (at the Mount Vernon News), so my chances of fishing much during the week are going to be significantly reduced. I'll just hope for the best with the weather and take advantage of fishing opportunities when they arrive.

I have been good this winter in that I've been very conservative about tackle purchases. I did pick up couple of the K.V.D. 1.5 crankbaits from Strike King and I've got my eye on a couple of new colors from Bandit, but other than a few hand-pours from Bob's to replenish dwindling supplies, I haven't bought much. Of course, what I really need to do is cut down on the amount of stuff in my boat. I'm trying, but it's a frustrating process.

To many time I'l look a a bait and think, "I might want to use that," and not enough times admitting "I haven't used that in five years, why do need to keep it in the boat?"

I'll keep working on it.