75 was forecast for a high today but Jackson and I froze our butts off until we quit about 3:00 today. We got to Monticello early this morning and started fishing in a spot where the wind would be bad later in the day. A swimbait and a crankbait managed to coax a couple of small ones to the boat.  We caught bass in the pads on the last trip so we tried it again but nothing. A drift over a shallow flat was the best thing we did all day. It was a one here one there sort of day early but after lunch it was a none here none there day. We ended up with seven, the largest a little under 3 pounds.

The lake was at the perfect level for the spots I thought would be good. What was not perfect was the Northeast wind. The first spot  was one that I caught 11 in on the last trip. It did not take long to catch one there on a DT-16. I became a little optimistic but it was to no avail. I switched to a XD-5 at the next spot, which was where I caught 5 on the last trip but only one small bass. The water temperature was 61 degrees on top but that small bass was cold.  I then crossed the lake and caught another small one on the XD-5 but only one small one in that spot. Right down the lake another small one was caught on a worm. Getting desperate, a Carolina rig came out for what I know to be a good section of bank. Nothing. So then I trolled back down that section of bank with a 300 Bandit and again nothing. The bandit would not hit the bottom in 12 feet but started bouncing at 11. I watched the depthfinder and varied the depth from 11 to 16 feet. The 300 Bandit is a bait that is relatively hard to cast because the angled bill causes it to ‘windmill” when you cast it, thus creating a backlash so if I lost it there would be no great loss. Total of 4 bass for the day. Not too great.