Jackson and I went fishing in the towhead chute. The dictionary defines a towhead as a low alluvial island in a river, especially one with trees on it.  I looked it up trying to find out why it was called a towhead. The definition did not say why. The lake has been out of it for a couple of weeks so I figured it ought to be a good spot.  The morning started off well when we were having coffee on the back porch and could hear three separate turkeys gobbling.  We took our time getting started,  figuring it would be mid day before the fish would be active due to 1. the full moon and 2. the sun would be warming the water.  The start was so slow I began to get worried. We started with spinnerbaits, but also used jigs, worms and even a red eye shad in one place. Not much was going on but slowly we began to get bites and catch a few. Toward noon it noticeably picked up and the fish were hitting hard on the spinnerbaits. The water temperature started at 57 but rapidly went to 60 and in one shallow spot 63. There the bass were right on the bank and I assume ready to spawn. I’ve caught bass with spots but this one has more than I’ve ever seen.

We ended up with 31 bass and a FOD of 4-0.