I took a mental health day off yesterday and did what any fisherman would do when he is need of some rest; I went fishing. It took me a bit to figure out what was going on but I finally got set on pitching a 1/4oz. jig to the outside edge of the shoreline surface weeds.
I launched at sunrise and it was cold; well 68* felt kind of cold compared to what we have been having! I tried all of my regular 8’ to 10’ ledges without a single bite; I then moved out to 12’ to 15’ foot ledges and still nothing. I switched to a smaller jig and as I was working down an arm of the lake I made an errant cast; the sun was shinning brightly by this time and I cast closer to shore than I intended. Bam, first bass, 1 ½ pounds. As I worked my way down this arm I kept catching bass. I turned and started back out this arm and kept catching bass, with 2 to 2 ½ pounds being average. I tried moving out deeper and again hauled water. I then went back into another arm where I know the water never gets more than 12’ deep. At the back of this arm I caught seven bass; two of which weighed 3.7 and 3.4 pounds and were caught within 5 cast of each other. By this time (11:30am) I had boated 17 bass so I decided to go for 20. I went back to the main lake area but stayed with the shoreline fishing routine. I was fishing shallow water that went from bank to 15’ deep in less than 20’ distance. Most of my fish came in 5’ to 7’ of water. At 12 noon I was lashing down the boat., I caught my 20.
I was kind of surprised by where I caught these fish because the sky was clear with bright sun shine and the water temps were in the 86 to 87* range. I was swimming the small purple jig back out over the tops of submerged weeds. My mindset for the conditions was to fish deep but I spoke with another jig fisherman and he had only caught 3 small bass all morning while fishing deeper water. When I left he had turned around!
I’m heading back this morning but I plan on being home around 10am. The forecast is for 98* and that is just too hot for this old man!

Wow great catching.   I will be glad when the swim jig bite turns on really good here.

Way to go ,Scott!

Nice job and great report! I haven't had a 20 fish day in a very long time. Hope your luck rubs off on some of us here.