Fished Horseshoe Bend today with a stiff East wind...everyone said the fish had lockjaw...I kept trying. No luck at Horseshoe Bend, but hit some feeder ditches with black bottoms - the water was gin clear, so I dropped down to 2lb. test XL line with a 1/64oz. chartreuse / hot pink jig and started getting bit...bunch of gills, one crappie and one bass.
I agree, it needs to warm up a bit here in the northern tier of the state...although, last week I popped 6 bass in under twenty minutes at the same locations. Go figure.
Roaming the banks of the Kankakee River and anywhere else fish might lurk.