Derek, Terry, and "The Deuce" are part of 21 friends that drove out from SD for a 6 day trip. We started on April 1st, but the fishing was slow, so nothing to report for day one. lol

Today was a different story though. The water west of the islands cleaned up enough for us to finally hit the cans, and it didn't disappoint. The water temps were hitting 40 degrees yesterday, and shorter leads on the Bandits were the ticket for us. Khaki at 25 back took 5 of our 9 fish at speeds varying between 1.5-1.8 mph. Other leads that worked were 35, 45, and 55. We dropped 4 fish that just didn't hook up well also.
The weather was beautiful too. Light winds, partly sunny skies, and warmer temps made it an enjoyable day. We fished for 10 hours, and plan to only fish for 6 hours tomorrow, due to rain coming in.
I have a feeling that Tuesday's blow from the NW is going to muddy up the can area again, but we'll see.
While most of the females we caught were not spawned out yet, one was, and others were catching some that were already spawned out too. Hopefully, the winds will behave and let the mud settle to give those hatchlings later this month a chance to find some food. Fingers crossed!

That's all for now...busy, busy, busy!

Stay tuned....

Capt Juls