Lower water helped our bite.

The purge that we got this weekend helped the cause.  We made a quick trip yesterday evening and while we saw very few gulls working, we did catch eight nice trout.  We even had one a tad over the five pound mark and it had been quite a while since I have caught a trout that size.  The water didn't look that good, but it didn't seem to bother the fish.

We also had five nice reds that all hit the same electric chicken Catch V that the trout ate.  We caught the first three fish on a Softdine XL, but they were hitting the Catch V much better.  The fish wanted a much faster retrieve  than I usually fish in cooler water. They wouldn't take it off the surface, but they were definitely in that top foot or so of water.

I have no doubt the lake will see a lot more pressure this weekend with the great weather forecast, but at the very least we should get a better feel for waht is going on all over the lake.