Sight-fishing has been a significant part of Jones' attack, but he doesn't expect that to hold up through the coming weather.

"I think more of them pulled up today," he said. "I came back through late and caught a 3-pounder, and the female I spent the last 2 hours working on and the male that was with her were both new.

"But with that front coming through hard, it wouldn't surprise me if all of them are gone tomorrow."

He can't see the fish in his primary area, but he thinks it replenished some today.

"I still caught one or two in there, so it wasn't a total loss. Tomorrow I'll run some new water again.

"I was a little disappointed in one of my backup areas – the rain muddied it up and there was current running through it, and it cooled from 60 degrees to 54. Tomorrow everything's going to be cold, though, so it won't matter. I'll just go out and make another run at it." Read More