Weather and Water Conditions

I went to the river today. Water temperature was 48. It had been as high as 58 with warm preceding days. The water was muddy with spring rain. There were intermittent clouds and 25 mph wind–perfect spinnerbait conditons–which they would not touch. The swim jig though? That is a different matter. Here is the biggest…

About 2 weeks ago, I went to the river. The winter thaw had begun. I thought the snow melt would raise the water level. No such luck. I was crunching ice on the flat and casting onto ice on the deep side. Water temperature was 35. No bites that day. Today I went back after…