Yesterday i fished from 12 noon to 4 pm and had a great day catching 11 fish ( including 4 doubles ) ... today during my break i decided to go to the other side in search of pre spawners in shallower water . i used old school tight line without alarms to make it more interesting . I casted as far as i could and it was really slow so i brought the rods in to about 25 yards and started getting bites within the half hour . The first hook up felt really heavy after working it in halfway it hit a laydown or some snag and pulled the hook . A while later got another hit on same rod , this one didnt feel as big . Im guessing it was around 8 lbs . As i was waiting i got a little bored and got my worm rod out not really expecting to get hit . I treid to the left of my rods where the dormant grass beds that produce when green and nada . I eased over to the right side of my rods where there were cattails and got bit . It is my first one of the year but spring is when i really get interested in bass and i was happy to get one with the cold water temp.Then my left rod went to pulling and i was able to land a small carp but fun nontheless . heres a few pics

Lol this Ethiopian man saw me with the carp He came up and looked at the carp then looked at me and asked "did you catch that here ?" then he turned to the water and pointed "Out there?" . i said yes and thats just a baby . He was amazed ... I almost felt like telling him it was my pet fish and i brought him out to the lake for exercise ! but i didnt have the heart to smh

Hey WhiteRock Jesse how are the reeds for crappie in the spring . I consider White Rock my home lake too.

Nice multi species day, thanks for sharing!

i had just as good of luck fishing areas near cattails as getting out in them with a jon boat , just take a drive around the lake after dark and then you will know where they are at