Decker 2/19 & 2/21

So here's a report for my last 2 trips.  I'd been to Decker about a week ago and the temps were under 50F for the most part.  This week the temps were 52-60 and did that ever make a difference.  Saturday i was on the water from about 7:45 -12:30.  Fished mainly on the discharge side and unlike most other boats I saw I fished shallow (<8 fow) and had success with shallow to medium cranks in firetiger and sexy shad.  No luck with senkos or BBHs.  i never catch huge numbers like some do but I can't complain.  Ended up with 7, missed 2 or 3 and the best part the smallest fish was 2.5/3 lbs, the biggest going 6lbs.  Best 5 would've been around 18 lbs.







Left around midday when I was fed up of the drizzle and wind.  

Today I was on the water from around 8:30 to 2:30 and started doing the same thing that worked on Saturday but not luck at all.  Decided the fish weren't shallow and started working some of the channels around the discharge and got one fish about 14 inches.  Fished a couple of the coves on the discharge and went to the intake side since it was calmer and easier to fish.  Decided to search for conditions similar to what I caught fish in on Saturday ...fairly shallow and mid 50s.  Saw some fish cahsing shad and switched to a shallow shad colored crank and that did the trick.  Got 3 in the 2.5/3 lb range and a nice chunk that went about 5.5lbs.  All in all a good day.  The only downnside is I discovered a small leak on the bow but couldn't pinpoint the spot.  Seems like a leak on the weld.  I used some cabela's alumaweld and that slowed the leak today and I tried again when I got home so we'll see next time out.  Wished i'd gotten a mod-v instead of a flat  :-/ On a more upbeat note here's some pics from today.