Merrill Creek Resevoir 5/29

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Despite the dismal reports, we decided to hit Merrill Creek on Sunday. Water shot up to the mid 70s after being only in the mid 50s according to the guy who unlocks the gate. We had decent fishing for bass and panfish. Started out around 5:20 am and got off the lake around 12:20 pm. We managed 38 bass, panfish, pickeral and brown trout(only pickeral and one brown trout though). Brownie was a throwback and hit a shad rap meant for bass. Big fish of the day was a 3.5 lb largemouth caught on a shad rap by my dad. Bass were feeding early and then died an hour after sunrise as usual on there. Mostly panfish in all honesty. Bass were a mix of smallmouth and largemouth, good to see the smallies, they seemed to have dissapeared last year. Shad raps were working for the bass and inline spinners worked for the panfish. Saw some fish attacking herring, some were bass and some were probaly trout. Not a bad day at all at MCR.