Fayette County 2/16

Had a chance to fish Fayette again yesterday. "Mr. Pinky" couldn't make it this time with his pink spinnerbait but took another fisherman from work. Similar to other reports, it was an interesting day and very tough at times. Ended up with 22 bass, majority were in the 2-3# range, but did manage several fish from 3-4.5#s. It was windy (East) and cold to start off and the bite improved as the day went along, lots of boats on the water and in the timber, but didn't see lots of fish being caught. Most fish came off c-rig green lizzards in 5-12' around timber, rip rap and pond dams. Did manage several fish on crank baits, traps and suspending rogue. Best bet was to yo-yo the trap or suspend the crankbait and they would have it when you reeled up the slack. Lots of misses and short bites, but we started catching more with a longer leader (24-36"). Would catch a fish or 2 then it would completely die off, then would eventually catch another one or 2...Couldn't really get on a consistent bite. Fish are fat and full of eggs and mad as ever once you hook them! Good luck and be careful, game warden was out checking boats and watching for wakes in the "no wake zone". John