Heavy overcast holding through the day, with the surface near flat as pressure slides. Give inflow corners and shaded margins the first hour at Swartwater. Save your energy for the middle of the day. Start on the obvious water and expand from there. Early-season fish sit where winter loosens first.
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The bites are poor now
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| 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 9° | 9° | 9° | 8° | 8° | 8° | 8° | 9° | 10° | 11° | 12° | 13° | 14° | 15° | 16° | 16° | 16° | 15° | 14° | 13° | 12° | 11° | 11° | 10° |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1031 | 1031 | 1030 | 1030 | 1030 | 1031 | 1032 | 1032 | 1032 | 1032 | 1031 | 1030 | 1030 | 1029 | 1027 | 1027 | 1026 | 1026 | 1026 | 1027 | 1027 | 1027 | 1027 | 1027 |
| 90 | 91 | 91 | 91 | 91 | 91 | 91 | 89 | 86 | 82 | 79 | 75 | 72 | 69 | 68 | 67 | 67 | 70 | 74 | 80 | 86 | 90 | 91 | 92 |
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