I went to the Private Hole to replace the broken seat. That being accomplished, I stopped at another hole that I have never tried before. It is small and deep looking but I believe it is only about 6 feet deep, judging by how long it took my Booyah spinnerbait to sink to the bottom.  As I stood at the small landing, an alligator came over to see if I was good to eat.  It was just nosy but I figured it might be hungry after a long hibernation so I kept my eyes on it. At first I really didn’t have much luck, but when I reeled in a cast fast so I wouldn’t get hung up, a bass came up and hit.  After that, I began to bring it in fast and shallow and started to get bites. Many were missed, but as I started to hesitate just a tiny bit before setting the hook, the hookups got better.  I call that fishing a spinnerbait Jimmy Houston style. He is a  TV fishing personality that says if you can’t see your spinnerbait you are fishing too deep.  I can’t argue with him because he has a fishing show and I do not BUT I rarely fish a spinnerbait in that manner. I don’t giggle as much as he does either. When the landing spot was worn out, I noticed some fish moving down in a corner.  I couldn’t just walk down there due to a steep bank and now two alligators so I detoured up and through the woods to the corner. The bass in the corner were cooperative too. In about an hour I ended up catching 9, two of which I eyeballed at just South of 3 pounds.