Saguaro Lake - March 9th - Swimbait & Bed Fishing

I finally got some time to go out on a Sunday and relax for a few hours. Saguaro Lake had been pumping out some great fish on beds throughout the previous week so my buddy and I decided to try it out. We were not expecting how busy the lake was going to be, it was almost full by first light, guess the word gets out quick when it comes to bed fishing. The water at launch was 58 and got up to 62 in the middle of the day. The spawn may be on but it was just starting.
We decided to make a run to an area I have been throwing swimbaits around and have had some monstrous followers but no takers. Second cast of the morning I finally had my first swimbait fish in the boat. It wasn't a monster but I will take it. Within the hour I only had the one hookup but had 15-20 followers in the area, I am still working on getting them to fully commit. Throughout the rest of the morning we decided to bed fish and could only find and land smaller males. My friend had to leave early for work and with the winds picking up I knew the bed fishing was going to be tough. I hit a few spots and caught a few 2-3lb fish but only saw one decent fish, which was not ready by any means to be caught.
By the end of the morning the swimbait seemed to be the key since had seen more follow that than on the beds I just couldn't get them to eat it. That technique is a blast but is an art form almost, it's extremely hard to learn and fine tune.