Should have gone to Enid with Hal. The fish in Ferguson were nipping at the bait and not getting hooked. Had 3 or 4 hung for a few seconds and then the hooks came out. Finally caught 5 bass and 3 stripes from 10 till 3:30. The FOD was 3-10 but the rest were all 2 to 2 3/4. Caught some on a Booyah spinnerbait after taking one out of the pack and having it broken off on the second cast-the drag was set right too. When I fished a spot where I lost a DT-6 about a week ago , I put on a bait I found about a year ago and refurbished.  It was almost the same size as a DT-6.  Caught the rest on it. It’s in the picture with a DT-6 for comparison.  By the way, Hal caught 18 in Enid including a 6 1/4.

I have a report that Fred Abide went to his beloved Lake Lee and caught 5, one of which weighed 6 pounds. No word of the others as they were already cleaned. He is pictured here with the fish. It was caught on a HM-6 as he calls it, actually a DT-6.  How about the paint job on that boat?  Do you think we’ll ever get anywhere with Freddy on catch and release?

Another report came in from John Eddleman who caught 5 large bass Saturday morning, 3 on one log. He caught his on a Mr. Money Strike King spinnerbait in his favorite secret spot.

Hal went to Enid one day last week and caught 40 on an all day trip.  Did not catch any over 2 3/4. He caught them on a variety of baits, spinnerbaits, swim jigs, small crankbaits, even topwaters.  He is going for a return bout Monday and told me in an e-mail he has 9, yes nine, rods rigged and ready to go. I figure he had 6 rods last week, so with 9 he should catch 60 fish. He might do it.

Lake Guntersville had changed by the time I returned last Thursday.  The vegetation is breaking up on top but there is still plenty under the water. This fish hit the Ribbit frog and descended into the vegetation. Only about 1/10 of what it came out of the water with is still hanging on in the picture.

Thursday afternoon was good with 11 bass, the FOD being a 4-6. They were really blasting the Ribbit.  Friday was a different story as I only caught 7 with a 4 pounder taking the FOD honors.  A lot of hits and complete misses (airballs) as the day wore on Friday.  I left early.  You can see in the picture it is a scenic spot to fish.