Today I reached the lake at 11 which was a little earlier than yesterday. When I put in the same two guys who were there yesterday were just putting in ahead of me so I knew seconds were in order for me as far as choice of fishing spots were concerned.  Today they had some DT-6s purchased at the Indianola Wal-Mart. They settled at the chute mouth and I went straight to the Mickey Maranto spot, where there were two bass waiting for me. The first one was an especially well marked Lake Ferguson fish.The second one pretty too.

The game was the same as yesterday, rip and pause with a DT-6.  Today I had more hits and misses and more snags and get offs than yesterday.  Working the bank back and forth, I finally got a few to volunteer but nothing like yesterday. I even caught one on a suspending X-Rap jerkbait.  The willow trees were shedding their leaves which floated on top and ended up on your bait almost every cast which became very problematic.

A change was needed, so I went to the steep bank and pulled out my DT-10.  A bull hit it on the third cast and after a few seconds came off but this let me know the idea was viable.  As I proceeded down that bank the fish continued to cooperate and bite but some also continued to come unpinned because their biting was less than enthusiastic . Some followed it out and hit when the lure started to come up toward the boat. The 4-8 FOD hit in that manner but had the DT-10 sideways in it’s mouth so I had to resort to the lip gripper to land it. It’s the orange thing in the top if the picture. It was too cold to get a hook in your finger today.

The total today was 16 with a 4-8 ; a 4-0; two 3-14s ; a 3-8 and another in the 3s. The guys I saw yesterday caught only 5 today but  they eyeballed one at 7 and two at 5.  They were KEEPING them. If I had known that I would not have told them about the DT-6 yesterday or given them a bait. Keeping them is fine if they’re small.