Only two days into a new month and we’ve got five more bass submissions. It took some work as April decided to come in “like a lion”, making for a tough bite but these guys can still get it done. Our Top 5 leader continues to boost his creel with a pair of impressive fish while another crafty veteran angler kicks off his 2023 season. Read on for the details.

Weight: 4-0
Angler: Jim Junk
Date: April 1
Location: Banner Marsh
Lure: Lipless crankbait
Angler Comments: Terrible weather and managed five bass. Four smaller ones that I didn’t weigh and the last one of the day was 4-0. All on a lipless crank as per my usual spring arsenal.

Weight: 4-8
Angler: Jim Junk
Date: April 2
Location: Banner Marsh
Lure: Lipless crankbait
Angler Comments: Today was just one bass in about three hours of fishing. He came on a lipless crankbait and weighed in at 4-8.
Top 5 Weight: 22-2 (5-1,4-8,4-5,4-4,4-0) culls 3-9 and 3-5

Weight: 1-15
Angler: Brent Jackson
Date: April 2
Weather: Sunny/very windy
Location: Knox County public strip pit
Lure: Bill Lewis Rat-L-Trap (gold shad)

Weight: 2-12
Angler: Brent Jackson
Date: April 2
Weather: Sunny/very windy
Location: Knox County public strip pit
Lure: Jig (black/blue) with split double tail trailer (black/blue flake)

Weight: 2-13
Angler: Brent Jackson
Date: April 2
Weather: Sunny/very windy
Location: Knox County public strip pit
Lure: Bill Lewis Rat-L-Trap (gold shad)
Top 5 Weight: 7-8 (2-13,2-12,1-15)

Way to go guys and these five bass move us closer to the 1,000 bass milestone for the Top 5 project. At present, we stand at 982 bass. Who will be the angler to land the coveted Bass #1000? Stay tuned and talk to you later. Troy