Fished Clinton on Sunday the 15th. Wind out of the SSW blowing strong. 15-25 and pretty constant. Fished deep, shallow, and inbetween and was a tough day. Water temps at 48 bridge around 58, marina around 53. With the wind in that direction the current is not really able to flow and is always the worst days on this lake in the winter/early spring. A good north wind usually helps (not too much of course!). Looks like there is again, a large overabundance of shad and while some of those should be taken care of naturally, still makes it tough with so many bait balls spread out literally everywhere. Hard to tell crappie from shad, etc. Anyhow, lake was a bit low and was somewhat clear even with all the wind whipping it. Swimbaits, jigs, jerkbaits, rattle traps are all I threw. only small fish off jerkbaits. Only room for the year to improve from here...
