Well...we hit the water today at 11:30am and the lines were down by high noon. As I continue to work the kinks out of my new boat (not new just new to me) we decided to put in at the Westbank boat launch and head straight across the lake and fish South towards Rattlesnake Island. Turns out Rattlesnake is nearly 6 miles from where we started. We tried a variety of weapons today...blue/silver Bucktail, black/silver Bucktail, Perch Scale Apex, Perch Scale X-Rap, 3.5 inch Gypsy Cop Car upstairs with no weight,  #69 5 inch Lyman (orange lightning bolt) and then the winner was chucked over the boards....a 4 inch chartreuse and black Lyman w/ a splash of sparkle flash. BAM! The reel rang out that sweet sound you pray for...I zipped to the back of the boat, grabbed the rod and set the hook. At the other end I found a scrappy chrome rainbow who was more and more resistant as she neared the boat. After a few misses and laughs with the net she was safely on board. We cleaned her up at the dock so I never weighed it but we believe it was closing in on the 4lb mark. We had the VHF radio on and it sounds like others got into fish today also. Not to shabby for early March! Big fish are on the horizon...I can feel it! 

Today's Weather: +10, overcast and calm winds.