Candleweird lake 7/22 / 7/24 / 7/28

I took a year off from the big lake and now ive been 3 times in a week and every trip is getting progressively worse. Trip one on the 22nd caught 18 bass in a short trip which was a great day with half the bass being green the other half brown. Then last wednesday me and Josh fished from 3pm to 9pm and it was a struggle but we did manage 3 largies and 3 smallies. Josh got his smallie on a super fluke on a 1/2 oz jig head in about 25-30 feet of water and missed a few fish on jumps. I got my 2 smallies on drop shot in 10-20 feet. Had more pan fish hitting us on the drop shot than anything. Very annoying. As we went back to the launch we caught our 3 largemouth. Last fish being the fish of the day on a black chatterbait. Wasnt a terrible day but it felt like a struggle the whole time.






Then yesterday morning alarm set for 2:30am i was on the lake for 3:30 and man i could not get a bite before 5 am. The black buzz bait that i killed them on last year this time didnt get a single blow up, black chatter nothing, black spinner with colorado blade nothing.. Then 5:00am hit and i threw a over sized white bladed spinner bait and bam fast action in 2-4 feet of water. 2 largies and 2 smallies. As fast as it started it was over. Managed to lose a smallie as i was going for the lip that was probably just over 4 lbs. Oh well. Once the sun was up i tried drop shot in my spots that normally produce and got just perch. I tried 4 new spots that i marked the night before on my gps that look amazing but held zero active fish. It was odd. From 5:15 to 10:30 when i left i didnt have another bass. Threw tubes, senko, jig, chatter, flukes, spooks... nothing! Lets just say i will be taking a break from that lake for a little while. Also doesnt help when pleasure boats are going with 30 feet of your boat all morning. Talked to 2 other boats and they caught only a few rock bass. Water temps are down to 78 on the surface after being 85 last week. Could be the fast drop thats making them inactive but i would have guessed it would have been the opposite. Live and learn.