The last bunch of rainbow trout were stocked in the East Branch Rocky River on April 18 and was split between Wallace Lake.

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The biggest bass of the day ended up being 16.5”.***The Fishing Report Blog is updated every Thursday*** The Rocky and Chagrin rivers are elevated and muddy with more rain in the weekend forecast. I ended up finding several more spots and quite a few bass with a couple of decent fish. I sat there for about 30 minutes probably catching between 15-20 bass when I decided to move on and search for some new waters. Two casts later I quickly figured out that this little cove was FULL of bass. I decided to check out a little cove only for the reason my instincts pulled me over to it and was like you really need to make some casts in there. I was convinced I would find the bass only on the main lake points and structure that was closer to the deeper water. I was able to locate and catch about a dozen bass and was pretty sure I had a pattern figured out, which I was soon to find out that was not the case. I spent the first 30 minutes of my day just looking around and getting a feel for the lake, once I got a feel for the lake I started to pick a few spots that looked “fishy.” I remember the moment quite well when I pulled up to a shore line and said “this looks fishy.” On my second cast in that area I hooked into my first small-mouth bass of the day and everything started to roll from there.

I had also read that I would be there during the start of their transition from shallow to deeper structure so I wasn't sure what to expect with this day. With all of the research I had done I kept coming across that the smallies would group up in a school quite frequently and it was very possible to catch quite a few in a small area. This goal was to locate and catch some small-mouth bass, which ended up going very well! I set out with a game plan to cast a twitch bait first to locate the bass and then switch over to a ned-rig to fish them with a little more finesse. In this video I headed to Rocky Lake in Northern Manitoba with one goal in mind.

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