Mickey and I went early this morning to the private hole to load the boat so we could take it to the “L” hole (known by some as the 4 1/2 pound bass hole) and fish some new territory. I took my waders because both landings are rather shallow affairs and the boat trailer does not have a winch.  We got the boat loaded and unloaded without mishap by backing the jeep out into the water until the exhaust was bubbling.  When we started it was still relatively early, cloudy and a very light sprinkle of rain. Last week we started with topwaters so they got the call again. At the start Mickey was wearing me out by 5 to 0 so I had to mount some sort of comeback. There is a rudder that we clamp on the boat to keep it from swapping ends in the wind, so I told Mickey to clamp it on. While he was clamping it down I made a two fish comeback. A man has to do what he has to do. After the comeback I figured out the reason I fell behind was simply accuracy. Mickey was throwing so much closer to the cover that he was getting the bites.  The “L” hole is a lot smaller than the private hole but by the time we circled it once we had caught 13. By the third time we had 38. The first time was with topwaters and the next two were with shakey heads. Today was the first time I have been in that hole with a depthfinder. It was 22 feet in the deepest part and drops down quickly to that depth. We had to take the boat back to the private hole so we left at around 11:00 so we would have time to fish some in that hole too. Although it was almost noon when we started fishing again, I pulled out my topwater again and caught a few before resorting to the shakeyhead . The grinners were terrible. I bet we hooked a dozen for the day. The ones we caught got cracked on the head before being released. Every one had a bloody tail which shows they were in the spawning mode.  Just like last week, another one hit Mickeys topwater with a lick any 4 pound bass would have been proud of.  There was no lull in the bite today- pretty steady all day which is why we stayed longer than we should have. We ended up with 71 bass and a FOD of 4-0.  Our top 5 today weighed 17-13.