I fished at a private sand pit lake in the late afternoon. I'm still catching largemouth bass on a Lytle's Secret Tail Spinner around edges of deep weed beds, drop-offs next to points, and around underwater brush piles in deep water. I also caught 9 crappies between 11 and 14 inches on a smaller 3/8-ounce Lytle's Secret Tail Spinner next to an underwater brush piles on a point.

I went fishing with a friend on his private sand pit lake for a few hours in the late afternoon. We caught largemouth bass between 11 and 17 inches using a Chompers Stand Up jig head with a Twin Tail Grub. We caught them around drop-offs next to points, and edges of deep weed beds.

I fished at Red Willow Reservoir in the mid afternoon for a few hours. I caught white bass up to 13 inches around an underwater hump next to a creek channel, and on main lake points in depths of 15 feet or less using a Lytle's Secret Tail Spinner. I also caught a 14-inch largemouth bass along the dam using a spinnerbait. The surface water temperature is in the mid 50s and the water visibility is around 8 inches or less.

I fished at three different private sand pit lakes in the late afternoon for a few hours. I'm still catching largemouth bass up to 18 inches, and a few nice crappies using a Lytle's Secret Tail Spinner. I also caught a few nice bass on a jig and plastic trailer combo. They were caught around drop-offs next to points, edges of weed beds, and around underwater brush piles.

I took some friends fishing at a private sand pit lake. We caught largemouth bass up to 18 inches, and a few nice crappies and bluegill. We caught most of these fish using a Lytle's Secret Tail Spinner, and a few of the largemouth bass were caught on a 4-inch tube bait, and a suspending jerkbait. They were caught around drop offs next to points, edges of deep weed beds, and near underwater brush piles.

I guided on Red Willow Reservoir and my clients and I caught around 20 wipers up to 18 inches, and white bass up to 13 inches. We caught these fish around underwater humps, road beds, and main lake points in depths of 15 feet or less using a Lytle's Secret Tail Spinner, a medium diving crankbait, and a few of these fish was caught on a Carolina rig with gizzard shad. The surface water temperature is in the upper 50s with visibility of eight inches or less.

I took a friend largemouth bass fishing at Red Willow Reservoir in the afternoon. I caught a Master Angler largemouth bass at 20.50 inches, plus two other largemouth bass at 17 and 15 inches. These bass were caught on a spinnerbait in the back of a cove around beaver hut, around a rocky point, and next to a shallow weed bed. My friend and I saw surface activity on a main lake point and caught good numbers of white bass up to 12 inches and wipers between 15 and 20 inches in depths of 10 feet or less using a 3/4- and 1-ounce Lytle's Secret Tail Spinner, and my friend caught a few on a 3/4-ounce lipless crankbait. The surface water temperature is in the low 60s with visibility of 6 inches or less.

My brother Rod and I fished at four different private sandpit lakes in the afternoon. We caught good numbers of largemouth bass, a few nice bluegills up to 10 inches, and a white bass around 16 inches. We caught those fish using a Lytle's Secret Tail Spinner. My brother caught a few on a ReelBait Walleye Flasher Jig with a Berkley Gulp! Crawler. They were caught around drop offs next to points, and along the edges of weed beds.

I fished at Red Willow Reservoir and caught good numbers of white bass, plus a few wipers up to 18 inches. They were caught around underwater humps, edges of the creek channel, main lake points, and flats next to deep water using a 3/4- and 1-ounce Lytle's Secret Tail Spinner, and a medium diving crankbait, in depths of 12 feet or less. I also caught wipers and white bass back in coves using a spinnerbait and a crankbait. The water visibility is around five inches or less, with the surface water temperature averaging around 60 degrees.

I guided on Swanson Reservoir and we caught around 20 wipers between 16 and 21 inches, white bass up to 13 inches, and a channel catfish around five pounds. My clients and I caught these fish using a Carolina Rig with gizzard shad, and a Lytle's Secret Tail Spinner. They were caught along an underwater railroad bed in depths of 12 to 17 feet. The surface water temperature was in the upper 50s in the morning and the low 60s in the afternoon. The water visibility is around six inches.

I fished at Red Willow Reservoir in the afternoon and caught good numbers of white bass. They were caught around main lake points, underwater humps, edges of the creek channel, and main lake flats using a Lytle's Secret Tail Spinner and a medium diving crankbait. These fish were caught in depths of 10 feet or less. The surface water temperature is averaging around 60 degrees with visibility of five inches or less.

I fished at three different private sand pit lakes in the afternoon. I caught a Master Angler largemouth bass at 21.50-inches, plus good numbers of smaller largemouth bass up to 18 inches, and a few crappies up to 13 inches. I caught them using a 3/4-ounce Lytle's Secret Tail Spinner around drop offs next to points, and along the edges of weed beds.

I guided on Red Willow and the lake is turning over with a severe green algae bloom creating visibility of about three inches or less. The water temperature has dropped into the upper 50s due to the cooler weather. Most of the fish were suspending in all depths and are scattered throughout the lake. My client and I did manage to catch white bass up to 12 inches, small wipers up to 18 inches, and one small northern pike. These fish were caught a Lytle's Secret Tail Spinner and a medium diving crankbait around main lake points, humps, and flats next to deep water in depths of 10 feet or less.

In the late afternoon and early evening hours, I fished at a private sand pit lake and caught a Master Angler wiper at 27 inches, plus largemouth bass up to 17 inches. I was using a 3/4-ounce Lytle's Secret Tail Spinner around edges of weed beds, drop off next to points, and a shallow hump in the middle of the pit.

I fished at a private sandpit lake in the late morning for a few hours. I caught largemouth bass up to 18 inches, and a nice 10.50-inch bluegill. I caught them using the 3/4-ounce Lytle's Secret Tail Spinner around edges of deep weed beds and drop off next to points.

I fished at Red Willow in the afternoon. I caught white bass, and small wipers using the Lytle's Secret Tail Spinner and a medium diving crankbait. The fish were caught around main lake points, underwater humps, and flats next to deep water. Most of these fish were caught in 12 feet or less of water. The surface water temperature is in the low 60s and the lake look like it is starting to turn over with green algae bloom. The water visibility is around six inches or less.

I fished at four different private sandpit lakes in the late afternoon for a few hours. I caught good numbers of largemouth bass up to 19 inches, and a few nice bluegill between nine and 10 inches. I caught these fish around the edges of weed beds, deep drop off next to points, and a shallow water hump in the middle of the lake using the 3/4-ounce Lytle's Secret Tail Spinner.

My brother Tim, and I fished at three different private sand pit lakes. We caught four Master Angler fish including three largemouth bass at 21, 20.50, and 20 inches, and a 29-inch walleye. My brother caught the 21-inch bass and 29-inch walleye using a 1/8 oz. jig head and Berkley Gulp! Nightcrawler. I caught the 20.50- and 20-inch bass using a 3/4-ounce. Lytle's Secret Tail Spinner. We also caught good numbers of smaller largemouth between 11 and 19.50 inches, a few bluegill up to nine inches, and a channel catfish around six pounds. I caught all my fish on the Lytle's Secret Tail Spinner, while my brother caught most of his fish using the jig head and Gulp! combo. He caught a few fish on a small spinnerbait. We caught these fish along the edges of deep weed beds, drop off next to points, and flats next to deep water.

I guided on Swanson Reservoir today. My clients and I caught good numbers of wipers up to 22 inches, white bass up to 14 inches, and a few small channel catfish. We caught these fish using a Carolina rig with gizzard shad, and a Lytle's Secret Tail Spinner around an underwater hump and a road bed near the dam areas. Most of these fish were caught in depths of 13 to 22 feet of water. The surface water temperature is in the mid 60s.