My brother Tim and I went fishing at a private sandpit in the afternoon. We caught largemouth bass between 14 and 19 inches, four walleye between 16 and 24 inches, crappies between 12 and 15 inches, and one channel catfish at approximately 26-inches. We caught these fish on a dropshot rig using small 4-inch plastic worm with a ReelBait Walleye Flasher Jig and Berkley Bungee Leech on the tag end of the line, and a plain jighead and crawler in depths of 10 to 20 feet along the deep drop off. I also caught another five largemouth bass between 15 and 18 inches on a lipless crankbait that were suspending over deep water chasing baitfish up to the surface.

I went fishing at a private sandpit for a few hours in the late afternoon and caught good numbers of largemouth bass between 11 and 19 inches. I caught them on a buzzbait and Mann 's Phat Rat around edges of weedbeds next to deep water. I also caught them on a deep diving crankbaits (Bill Norman deep diver 22) around underwater brushpiles and deep weedbeds.

I guided the same group all three days at Red Willow Lake, and we caught two Master Angler fish - a 25-inch wiper and 22-inch largemouth bass. We also caught good numbers of smaller wiper between 10 and 22 inches, white bass up to 12 inches, a largemouth bass at 18.50 inches, a smallmouth bass at 12 inches and two northern pike at 28 and 26 inches. The fish were caught around main lake points, humps, and flats next to deep water. We caught them on medium diving crankbaits, lipless crankbaits, jigging spoons, and dropshot rigs with gizzard shad using ReelBait Walleye Flasher Jig as a weight on the tag end of the line. The surface water temperature is in the upper 60s, and the water charity is between 4 and 8 inches.

I went to Red Willow Lake in the afternoon and caught good numbers of smaller wipers between 11 and 20 inches and white bass up to 12 inches using medium diving crankbaits. They were caught around humps, main lake points, and flats next to deep water. The surface water temperature is 70 degrees, and the water clarity is between 4 and 8 inches.

I went fishing at a private sandpit in the late afternoon and caught good numbers of largemouth bass between 10 and 20 inches using a Sammy topwater plug made by Lucky Crafts, and burning a spinnerbait below the surface fishing along a weed bed next to deep water.

I guided on Red Willow Lake and we caught wipers, including one Master Angler at 26 inches, white bass, and a few smaller walleyes and channel catfish around humps, main lake points, flats next to deep water, and along the dam areas. These fish were caught on dropshot rigs with gizzard shad using ReelBait Walleye Flasher Jig as a weight on the tag end of the line, jigging spoons, lipless crankbaits, and medium diving crankbaits. The water clarity is between 3 and 6 inches. The surface water temperature is 73 degrees.

I went fishing at Red Willow Lake in the afternoon and caught good numbers of smaller wipers, white bass, largemouth bass up to 19 inches, and a 12-inch smallmouth bass using lipless crankbaits. These fish were caught around main lake points and flats next to deep water. The surface water temperature is in the mid 70s. The water clarity is about 12 inches.