Hal went to Beartail Creek again but the creek was low so he did not catch as many at the mouth where it ran into the Coldwater River ( I think) above Arkabutla Reservoir. Since the creek was low he got out to wade and started catching bass in the deeper pools that I take it were not that deep. The alligators must not go up that far North. He had to work through the tiny bass to catch a few decent ones in each pool. In his email he said he had to catch 6.3 small fish for each one a pound or better, of which he caught 31. That means he caught 196 bass total with the FOD at 3 pounds.  At Beaverdam, his and Richard’s numbers went down on the last trip to 17, but 7 were 4 pounds or better with the FOD at 5. I believe he said all were caught on swim jigs with a trailer. Two real good trips one for numbers and one for quality.