Skeet Reese had his 21-pound, 10-ounce limit by 10:30 a.m. yesterday. And he caught two 3-pounders in the first half-hour this morning. But with the sunshine today, the shad spawn bite that has been the key to his success each morning may not last as long as it has on the previous overcast days.
“I’m not seeing shad, but that has to be what it is,” Reese said yesterday. “They’re feeding for the first four hours of the day. I’ve got to change how I fish in the afternoons because the last two days I definitely drove the suck bus.”
There might be a change for the better, as well, with the sunshine and warming weather today, which is forecast to be in the lows 80s for a high.
“If we got some sun and the water starts warming up again, there’s going to be another wave of fish moving shallow. There are still plenty of pre-spawn fish that are waiting to move shallow.”
Reese reported water surface temperatures between 66 and 68 degrees yesterday.