Fish ON!

I headed to the GOMH tonight just before sunset. I was greeted by loons calling as I got out of the car. There are 3-4 acres of open water on the Platte side, and the Sullivan side has a lot of open water, but the PRO is not all ice-free, maybe 70-80%. I wanted to test out some of my new equipment tonight; I didn't think I would catch anything. I set up on the SW side and found this spot at the end of the bridge concrete to be quite fishable. I had something swirl on the lure I was throwing to test out on my first cast. A couple of casts later, and I had my first jumpin bullhead of the season. It was about 13.5 inches and bit in fairly shallow water away from current and around weeds. I made a few more casts with that lure and then started switching baits frequently because it was going to be getting dark quickly. As I was casting one of the trial lures over deeper water in the current, I got another hit. I pulled in a 14.5-15 inch jumpin bullhead. I was very quickly of the opinion that I might catch more fish, but that was it. By the time I got to the Cubby rod, it was almost too dark to gauge the bobber. It is a huge crapshoot on figuring out where a few silver bullheads might set up. With the old bridge, there was the "bullhead sweet spot," which was such a high percentage spot if any silver bullheads moved in towards dark; without that kind of knowledge, pinpointing them could prove difficult until a new sweet spot is found. There is no guarantee there will be a new "bullhead sweet spot."