I caught 17 Bass on Lake Ferguson this morning the biggest of which was 4 lb and 2 oz. The fish were caught. on an XD 5, a KVD 1.5, and a worm. It’s hard for me to believe that a dt6 wasn’t involved somewhere. Most of the fish were caught on worms and most were small. The 4 lb fish was caught on a worm in 12 to 14 ft of water. The fish today really decimated my worm Supply but I did not mind.

Jackson and I met at Lake Chicot at 6:00 this morning under a full moon. The first spot we tried with deep diving crankbaits produced nothing. The major period was supposed to be sometime around noon so we said we would come back later. We then went to the North end and started down a rocky bank. I had on a KVD 1.5 square bill and upon coming to a slight point where I had caught fish before I told Jackson to fish it because I had caught fish there. No sooner than the words were out one hit the 1.5 and ran toward the boat. I couldn’t catch up and the hooks came out. Jackson caught one a little later on a black and blue jig. He caught a couple more on that jig and I was feeling left out until one bit my swim jig under a dock. After catching a few more and getting hot we went back to the first place. I fished with an XD-5 and Jackson had a Fat Free Shad on . I got a good bite and came up with a 4-11. As I was getting the fish off Jackson became hung up on an underwater rock. He jiggled the bait while waiting for me to get on the trolling motor to go get his bait. All of a sudden a bass jumped where his bait was hung. The fish had taken the bait off of the rock for him. It was another 4-11. Co-FOD’s . As we fished along we talked to some people bank fishing who mentioned that we released our fish while some people who were there a little while before us had caught 5 and kept them. That chapped me a little, but as Jackson said “You can’t do anything about that”. Unfortunately true. We ended with 10. Thanks to Tom for the tip on the spot and the bait.

I had never heard of drag grease until recently when I read an article on how to make your drag smooth and not jerk. I have a reel that the drag actually locked up on. I took steel wool and smoothed the place the drag washer rubs on but the drag was still jerking. There were two of my other reels that were jerking but not to the same degree. I thought that grease on your drag would be just the opposite of what you would need. I thought new drag washers would be the answer to the problem but ordered some drag grease just in case. Before the washers and grease came more articles had convinced me that the grease was what I needed. I was glad I ordered the grease because drag grease is hard to find. This afternoon was the perfect time to fix the reels because it was a steady rain and the house was vacant and quiet. I started on the worst one. When it was finished, the drag was smooth as could be. New drag washers and a little grease solved the problems. I also took some steel wool and tried to get it all slicked up. Not only did I fix the drags but I put oil on everything that would hold still. All are ready to go.

I have run across a site that gives a real time lightning map that will be useful for people outside. The one for your phone might be the one that is most useful because you can zoom in to your location for more detail. The site is http://en.blitzortung.org/live_lightning_maps.php?map=30

Jackson and I started before good light on Lake Enterprise this morning. I had to turn off the depthfinder because the light from the screen destroyed my night vision. You have to use idle speed because of the high water, so by the time we arrived at the first spot it was light enough to fish. Jackson started with a topwater and I used a DT-6. He caught one pretty quickly around a cypress tree that had some limbs in the water. The DT-6 caught one shortly thereafter but none were very large. We came upon some schooling in the open lake and managed to catch a few on various baits. I even caught one on a jerk bait, something that I rarely, make that never use. The water was clear with 2 1/2 foot visibility. I sit in the back of the boat where the depthfinder is and I keep an eye on the screen. Two times I saw fish and threw behind the boat and came up with a fish. Two pounds+ was the largest one caught on a DT-6 . Others were caught on a DT-10 and various topwaters. Eleven fish in all.