At 2:30 this afternoon, Frank Smith and I hit the Chute.  It was cold and cloudy with a strong, cold North wind blowing. I have to admit that I had my doubts about a great deal of success.  We started out with a jig pole, but after no luck we swapped it for a rod with a spinnerbait attached.  The bass were biting but were mostly missing.  Frank had a bite in a small open spot on the bank and had a small issue with his bait so I quickly said ” I’ll save your place for you” and threw my bait where he got the bite. The fish surprised me and bit my bait with gusto and was brought to the boat.  I really didn’t think the fish would bite again because I had several short strikes and they would not come back the second time. A little embarrassed I continued fishing. As the afternoon passed, the clouds gave away to a clear sky and a little sun, even a slight bit of balminess. We were close to the dam where there was shad activity.  We circled the area because the fish were schooling feeding on the shad. For the open water out came the Yozuri. It managed to catch a few before we returned to the 1/4 oz. Booyah spinnerbaits. In going down the bank we would catch two or three in the same vicinity and then go a long way before catching another. When you caught another there were usually two or three. They seemed to be in schools. Right at dark the bite was hot. We ended the afternoon with 25, a few of which were invited to a fish fry tomorrow night. The small ones were the only ones we kept. The FOD was 3 – 8. I had a picture of Frank and a pretty chute bass but the sun was wrong and it looked dark. I’ll get a better one tomorrow.