Thanks for the kind words, people. **Remember all these reports were from last year......I'm posting them just to give the new guys out there a sense of my thought process, and the time I put in, if I thought the fish were active.......
4/13 Wed PM
Tried the same tactics and presentations, found a very slow pick.
Managed to land 2 to 8#, released.
4/14 Thu PM.
Not happy with the dismal results from the previous trip, went out earlier, before sunset, to try to get some fish with poppers. I felt water was too cold, standard rules for throwing poppers is the water has to be mid-50s.
The other morning I saw a guy get one bass, after tossing a popper for about 45 minutes, so was eager to try.
2 hours, only managed 2 short fish.
Tried an area I haven't yet tried this year, away from the crowds. Just grateful it worked out, and I can go back there when the bait loads up.