Monday afternoon, since the wind was blowing too much to turkey hunt, I went to the private hole fishing. Right off the bat, I made a cast to a Christmas tree that I had tied to a log in shallow water. I saw one hit my Booyah and miss. Then it happened again. I pulled out the spot remover shaky head and sure enough the fish gobbled it up and I set the hook. The fish went into the tree and when I tried to pull it out, the line snapped because I did not retie. Then the fish jumped trying to shake the hook. I was glad it did because I could see  it weighed about 2 pounds and not 6. Continuing around the hole, I broke out the cripple killer and tried to remember the lessons I learned from Mickey, the topwater master. The fish were cooperating well although there were a lot of misses. The killer has good hooks so they had better not come too close. Almost half way around, I caught one that had my spot remover hanging out of his mouth. Recovery number one. I got to a big log, always a good spot, and the wind  blew me around so my back was to the spot. One hit the killer, I set the hook, the fish jumped and when it went back down the hook abruptly came out. Estimated size 5 pounds. This was straight across the hole from my Jeep which I had parked within 15 feet of the water. Glancing across I saw a turkey, hen thank goodness, standing between the Jeep and the water. After It walked past the Jeep and kept foraging, it suddenly ran a few steps up the bank. I could not figure that out, but later saw a alligator steaming out into the center of the hole from that spot. Right now I’m wishing turkeys bad luck but I want to be the one dishing it out in the form of 3 inch magnum #6’s. I made it all the way around to the place I lost the big fish, and instead of the killer, I threw in the Booyah and surprisingly got a bite and landed the FOD that was 4-6. When one gets away, we always think it’s bigger than it is. 5 pound estimate, yeah. Recovery number two. It was an odd day. I caught a crappie on a topwater, a chain pickerel, 4 other black crappie on a Booyah and a 8-1 grinner. I ended up with 22 bass. No fish pictures because the phone ran out of juice. Charged it up a little and caught the sunset at the house.