I went to the Garhole Sunday after 8:30 church an was able to start fishing about 11:00. I went down the bank to a relatively shallow spot where I caught a 2 1/2 on a swim jig right where it should have been. There were shad in the extreme shallows but no bass feeding on them. Back out to the deep and no bites, I saw some small fish come up out in the middle chasing some shad. Maybe they are in the middle. I took off across the middle, 20+ feet deep, with a deep jerk bait. The water was clear. Sure enough a 3 1/2 loaded on and came to the boat from out in the dead middle. I made a circle or two but could not catch any more so I went to the North bank where the water temp was 61 degrees. None were in the tops until I drifted up next to one and just dipped the worm in through the cracks in the limbs. In the clear water I could see a big bass excitedly swimming around but I couldn’t tell whether it had my bait. Soon the line started to move and I set the hook. The fish thankfully came straight up out of the limbs and was out in open water. 5 3/4.

That was the last top so it was out to the deep again. Soon a 4 1/4 bit and I got a little optimistic, but could raise no more good fish. After a few more small ones I had to leave to get home to let the dogs out. Nice to have something worth writing about.

Not really too much to update as fishing has been slow for me lately. No zeros but no big numbers in either size or numbers. It’s still February but should be more to write about. This one was caught in February but in 2006.