May 31

I guided on Red Willow Lake and we caught one Master Angler Wiper (24.50") on a topwater plug, additional wipers between 12 and 20 inches, white bass up to 14 inches, smallmouth bass up to 17.50", largemouth bass up to 16", and crappies up to 13". They were caught on topwater plugs, plastic jerkbaits, jigging spoons, dropshot-rigs with a Berkley 3-inch Bass Minnow, crankbaits, and shiners around main lake points, underwater islands, secondary points in coves, and along the dam areas in depths of 40 feet or less.

May 30

I took my brother, Rod, to Red Willow Lake and we caught good numbers of walleye between 14 and 16 inches including a Master Angler I caught on a jerkbait (30", 9 lbs 12 oz.) on a main lake point. We caught the other walleye on crankbaits and my brothers homemade lures he designed similar to the Strike King Rocket Shad. We also caught good numbers of wipers between 14 and 20 inches, crappies up to 12 inches, white bass up to 13 inches, largemouth bass up to 16 inches, and smallmouth bass up to 14 inches. These fish were caught on topwater plugs, crankbaits, plastic jerkbaits, dropshot rigs with 3" Berkley Bass Minnow, and the homemade lures in depths of 20 feet or less around main lake points, flats with weed beds, underwater humps, secondary points in coves, and along the dam areas.

I guided on Red Willow Lake and we caught one Master Angler Wiper (27.50") on a topwater plug, additional wipers between 14 and 20 inches, white bass up to 14 inches, crappies up to 13 inches, largemouth bass up to 17 inches, smallmouth bass up to 15 inches, and one 20-inch walleye. They were caught on topwater plugs, jerkbaits, plastic jerkbaits, dropshot rigs with a Berkley 3" Bass Minnow, crankbaits, and shiners around underwater humps, main lake points, secondary points in coves, and along the dam areas in depths of 20 feet or less. Morning and evening was best for topwater plugs.

I guided on Red Willow Lake and we caught one Master Angler Wiper (25") that struck on a buzzbait in the morning next to a main lake point. We caught good numbers of largemouth bass between 10 and 18 inches on jig 'n plastic trailer combos, Texas rigged plastic baits, crankbaits, and dropshot rigs with a Berkley 3" bass minnow back in coves and main lake timber. We also caught good numbers of crappies on the dropshot rigs with small plastic baits next to a secondary points back in a cove in depths of 20 feet or less, and one 20-inch walleye on a Texas rigged tubebait next to a weed bed in approximately 8 feet of water in a cove.

I guided on Red Willow Lake and we caught good numbers of white bass, wipers, crappies, largemouth bass, and walleye on dropshot rig with a small plastic minnow, shiners, and jigging spoons. They were caught around main lake points, underwater islands, and secondary points in coves in depths of 20 to 30 feet. In the evening on May 26 I caught a Master Angler wiper that went 25" on a topwater plug next to a main lake point.

I guided on Red Willow Lake and we caught two Master Angler wipers (25" and 24.50") plus others between 14 and 22 inches, white bass up to 14 inches, and crappies up to 12 inches. They were caught on jerkbaits, dropshot rigs with a small plastic minnow, and 3/4 oz. Lytle Glitters Spoon worked along the windy shorelines around main lake points, flats, secondary points in coves, and underwater humps in depths of 20 feet or less. The surface water temperature is approximately 60 degrees.

I guided on Enders Reservoir and we caught good numbers of wipers between 14 and 23 inches, white bass up to 15 inches, and smallmouth bass between 12 and 16 inches. These fish were caught on jerkbaits and live bait (3- to 4-inch shiners) around rocky points and along the dam areas in depths of 20 feet or less. The surface water temperature is in the upper 50s.

I took a friend largemouth bass fishing in the late afternoon at Red Willow Lake, and we caught over 20 largemouth bass between 12 and18 inches. They were caught flippin or pitchin jig 'n plastic trailer combos and Texas rigged tube baits around any cover (laydown trees, stumps, weed beds and rocks) along the shoreline back in coves in depth of 10' or less. During the last half hour of daylight we caught good numbers of white bass up to 12 inches and smallmouth bass on topwater plugs around main lake rocky areas. The surface water temperature on the main lake was in the mid 50s, and back in the coves it was in the upper 50s.

I guided on Red Willow Lake and we caught one Master Angler largemouth bass at 22 inches, plus others between 12 and 18.50 inches, wipers between 14 and 22 inches, white bass up to 12 inches, crappies up to 12 inches, northern pike up to 32 inches, and 1a 4" walleye. These fish were caught on jerkbaits, Strike King Rocket Shad, dropshot rigs with 3" Berkley Power Bass Minnow, and shiners worked along main lake points, flats, and in coves. The surface water temperature is in the upper 50s.

I guided on Red Willow and we caught three Master Angler fish (2 largemouth bass at 21" and 20.25" and 1 northern pike at 38"). We caught wipers between 14 and 23 inches, additional largemouth bass between 10 and 19 inches, white bass up to 13 inches, crappies up to 12 inches, and smallmouth bass up to 14 inches. These fish were caught in depths of 15 feet or less on jerkbaits, dropshot rigs with a three-inch plastic minnow, and topwater plugs along main lake points and flats next to deep water, coves, and along the dam areas. The main lake surface water temperature is in the mid 50s.

I guided on Red Willow Lake and we caught four Master Angler fish (3 wipers at 29", 26" and 25" and 1 northern pike at 42"). We caught over 20 additional wipers between 14 and 23 inches and good numbers of white bass up to 12 inches. These fish were caught on suspending jerkbaits and a Strike King Rocket Shad worked along the windy shorelines around main lake points, creek channel edges, flats, and near the dam areas in depth of 25 feet or less. The surface water temperature is in the mid 50s.

I guided on Red Willow Lake and we caught three Master Angler fish (29" walleye, 36" northern pike, and 32" channel catfish). We caught another 12 walleye between 14 and 24 inches, largemouth bass between 12 and 18 inches, wipers between 13 and 22 inches, white bass up to 12 inches and one smaller northern pike around 24 inches. These fish were caught on jerkbaits worked along main lake points, flats, secondary points in coves, and along the dam areas in depths of 15 feet or less. The surface water temperature is in the low to mid 50s.

I guided on Enders Reservoir and we caught three Master Angler wipers (25", 24.50", and 24"), plus good numbers of wipers between 15 and 23 inches, walleye between 14 and 16.50 inches, white bass up to 12 inches, smallmouth bass up to 13 inches, and one northern pike at 30 inches. These fish were caught around main lake points, flats next to deep water, and along the dam areas in depths of 20 feet or less. Most of these fish were caught on jerkbaits except six out of nine walleye were caught on a deep diving crankbait. The surface water temperature in the mid 50s.

I took Larry Porter (Omaha World-Herald outdoors editor) and Daryl Bauer (Nebraska Game and Parks Commission's Lakes and Reservoirs Program Manager) to Enders Lake in the morning and we caught two Master Angler wipers (24.50") plus good numbers of wipers between 15 and 22 inches, white bass up to 15 inches, largemouth bass up to 18 inches, and smallmouth bass up to 14 inches. These fish were caught on suspending jerkbaits along the windy shoreline around main lake points, flats, and along the dam areas in depth of 20 feet or less. The surface water temperature is 49 to 50 degrees.

In the afternoon we went to Red Willow Lake and caught two Master Angler largemouth bass (5.25 and about 6 pounds) plus other largemouth between 12 and 18 inches, white bass up to 12 inches, smallmouth bass up to 12 inches, wipers between 15 and 22 inches, and one drum around 15 inches. They were caught on suspending jerkbaits along windy shorelines near main lake points, flats, and along the dam areas in depth of 20 feet or less. The surface water temperature was approximately 50 degrees.

I guided on Red Willow Lake and we caught two Master Anglers largemouth bass (21.50" and 20.25"). We also caught good numbers of largemouth bass between 12 and 19 inches, walleye between 14 and 18 inches, two northern pike (32" and 34"), white bass up to 12 inches, and crappie up to 12 inches. These fish were caught around main lake points, flats next to deep water, and secondary points in coves in depths of 20 feet or less. The crappies were caught on a dropshot rig with a 3-inch plastic minnow. The other fish were caught on a suspending jerkbait. The surface water temperature is in the low 50s.

I guided on Red Willow Lake and we caught four Master Angler fish including three largemouth bass at 23 inches (8 lbs. 7 oz.), 22" (just over 7 lbs.) and 20.25" (5.50 lbs.), and one wiper at 25 inches. We caught over 20 additional wipers between 20 and 23 inches, another 15 largemouth bass between 12 and 18 inches, and good numbers of white bass up to 12 inches. These fish were caught on suspending jerkbaits worked along main lake points, flats, creek channel edges, and along the dam areas in depths of 20 feet or less. The main lake surface temperature is in the low 50s.

I guided on Red Willow Lake. Strong winds with gusts up to 40 mph and higher gust kept me from fishing the areas I wanted to fish, but we still caught wipers between 18 and 25 inches (one Master Angler at 25 inches), white bass up to 13 inches, largemouth bass between 12 and 19 inches, and a few crappies up to 11inches. These fish were caught on suspending jerkbaits along the windy shoreline around main lake points, shallow underwater humps, and secondary points in coves in depths of 10 feet or less. The key to catching these fish was finding the baitfish (gizzard shad) in the areas we fished. The surface water temperature on the main lake averaged 53 degrees today.

I guided at Red Willow Lake and we caught seven Master Anglers fish (six largemouth bass at 22.25", 22", 21.50", 21.25", 21", and 20.50" and one wiper at 26"). We're catching good numbers of largemouth bass between 10 and 22.25 inches, walleye between 15 and 26 inches, northern pike between 26 and 32 inches, wipers between 15 and 26 inches, crappies up to 12 inches, white bass up to 13 inches, and a few smallmouth bass up to 15 inches.  The fish are being caught on jerkbaits and dropshots rigs with plastic baits worked along the main lake points, flats, humps, coves, and the dam areas in depth of 20 feet or less.  The surface water temperature is in the lower 50s.

I guided on Red Willow Lake and we caught three Master Anglers fish (two wipers at 26" and 24.50'', and one northern pike at 38"). We're catching good numbers of wipers between 15 and 26 inches, largemouth bass between 12 and 19 inches, walleye between 14 and 22 inches, northern pike between 24 and 38 inches, white bass between 9 and 13 inches, and crappies up to 11 inches. These fish are being caught around main lake flats, points, underwater humps, and coves in depths of 15 feet or less on suspending jerkbaits. The surface water temperature is in the upper 50s.

I went to Cedar Bluff lake in Kansas to fish a Kansas Bass Anglers Association tournament. My fishing partner and I placed 7th out of approximately70 boats. We caught five largemouth bass weighing a little under 15 pounds. We caught them on jig 'n craw combos and Texas rigged plastic baits worked along laydown trees near shoreline drop offs.

I guided on Red Willow Lake and we caught six Master Anglers fish (three largemouth bass at 22.50", 22", and 20.50", two wipers at 26.50" and 24.50", and one northern pike at 37"). We're catching good numbers of largemouths between 12 and 22.50 inches, wipers between 15 and 26.50 inches, northern pike between 20 and 37 inches, and a few walleye between 15 and 23 inches. The fish are being caught on suspending jerkbaits worked along main lake flats, points, and along the creek channel where it swings next to shoreline in depths of 20 feet or less. The surface water temperature is averaging in the low 50s.

I took my Doctor fishing again at Red Willow Lake in the afternoon and we caught two Master Angler fish - a 25-inch wiper and a 21-inch largemouth bass. We caught over 20 largemouth bass between 12 and 21 inches with most in the 15- to 18-inch range. Our six wipers measured 25,  22,  20,  18, 16 and 15 inches. We caught one walleye at 22 inches. The largemouths and the walleye were caught on a  suspending jerkbait along creek channel edges next to standing timber in depths of 15 feet or less. The wipers were caught on a jerkbait in depths of 10 feet or less along flats next to deep water. The surface water temperature is approximately 53 degrees.