I went a little earlier today because the other times I fished there the bite had been on for a while when I arrived. When I started pushing the boat off the rack made of pallets I heard a slithering and a stumptail eased into the water from under the boat.  A bad omen. The start time today was 2 p.m. and just rigging up had the perspiration dripping on my shades.  Nothing was going on even at the best spot.  I tried the small crankbaits with no results. Finally I resorted to a worm and managed to catch a couple. Then, in desperation, I put on a Worden Timber Tiger DC-13 thinking the fish were deeper. It caught two immediately and I thought the riddle was solved. A photo of the bait.

The riddle was not solved.  Those were the only ones hungry right then.  The worm was the best producer but it was even slow. As the afternoon progressed the fish activity picked up. The fish were a good size with a lot of 2-13’s. One I weighed had been caught and weighed Saturday or Sunday afternoon because the small membrane on the upper lip was punctured and that’s where I always put the hook on the scales. I managed to catch 5 to take home but most today were over my maximum keeping length of 13 inches. Once I had a small bass coming to the boat and swimming behind it was another between 4 and 5 pounds. I caught 14 in all with the FOD at 3 pounds even.