20150913-Wixom Lake – Fishing the tough Bite

You know your facing a tough bite when you scan and log sonar data on every square yard of the area your going to fish and spot very few fish. Experiencing an extreme drop in water temps from low eighties to mid 60’s in just over a week’s time surely pounds some negative behavior in the life of a fish. Add some extreme cold front conditions the past few days is a formula for fishing disaster. You go out anyway… fishing the tough days when you know you’re not going to catch the numbers makes you a better and more productive fisherman in the long run. Log those bad fish days … it is time on the water well spent.
After about an hour and a half of mapping a large section of the BOW north of Dale Bridge and not marking any fish on sonar we decided up against the bank may be worth trying. After striking out with live bait and waxies on slip floats and short drop shot tight to cover we started hitting the deep dense weed edges picking up scattered perch and crappies on small jigs. The Tabbert Jelly Jig in Green was the top producer for me scoring a few fish. Scale down your presentations on a tough bite.
The slow fish was pre occupied with some great company with Earl and his son Connor. This youngster is off and running with his fishing enthusiasm. Great time fishing with family … time well spent!