Fishing Lincoln Beach 4/2 to 4/10

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 I've fished at Lincoln Beach 5 times since the 2nd. The first time was from the bank with my brother. I caught one small channel. On the other days I fished from my boat. I have gone out with Ice_sled, BLK, and Brookie. We all caught fish each day we went. I have increased my take each day: 1,2,3,4,5. The water temperature has been 50 to start and went up to 55 around noon. All my fish were caught on a FLAIT and a Santee rig tipped with cut white bass. I tried shrimp+worm for a little while but had no success. I mostly fished between the springs and Benjamin Slough in 10 fow. I trolled at what must have been about 1 mph. I caught a total of 15 cats. I found that when I used bigger chunks of wb the fish would latch on to the bait but not get it far enough into their mouths to get hooked so I began using smaller pieces and my hook rate increased. My biggest fish was 29.5" (tied with Ice_sled for biggest fish in the contest) and I also got a couple of 26.5s and a 27. I scooped up a 29"er that was floating dead but Jeff wouldn't score it for the contest for some reason  . April Fools! I'm very suprised that I am doing so well in the contest. I have 83 or 84 points and am in third or fourth place depending on how Jeff scores my last fish. My camera work has been atrocious .  I'll try to make reports on each trip as I go and include a few more details.