I had off from work today so I headed over to Lilly to see how the fishing was. I'd been hearing rumors that the fishing was awesome there. I talked to Terry Baksay when I was out there today and he said the fishing there last week was exceptional; I've never heard the words Lilly and exceptional in the same sentence before in a positive way. I started off up the lake fishing just outside the big cove on the left. I caught one in the first 5 minutes on a wiggle wart. I worked my way back into the cove and caught another nice smallie on a hollowbelly. I moved around a bunch after that and caught mostly small ones. The water temp was about 53 everywhere you went on the lake. I ran down to the dam end and started fishing some of those pea-gravel points and caught this giant 6-3 largemouth on a jerkbait.

After catching that big one and fishing every point to death without anymore success I decided to make a move. I ended up running into the Shepaug and catching a bunch of small fish; that's where I finished the day out. Fishing was better than it normally is for me there, but I wouldn't say it was exceptional. I caught fish on just about everything I threw. It won't be long before these fish are cruising looking for a good place to spawn. I think the bass may have been biting so well the week before because the water was flowing and on the rise, putting the fish shallow and in the mood to eat. My best 5 fish today probably weighed about 15 pounds. Not bad for Lilly! If I don't have work tomorrow I'll be out again and we'll see what effect a 90 degree day has on these fish.

Cabela's is having their Fishing Classic weekend this Saturday and Sunday. I will be there from 9-4 doing a seminar each day on springtime fishing tactics for Candlewood Lake. Hope to see
everyone there!