Lake Monticello is such a windy lake, Jackson and I were surprised to see it slick this morning when we arrived at daybreak.  Optimism reigned. Jackson caught one on a swimbait and I caught one on the trusty Booyah to start things off. The water temperature was 57 degrees to start and warmed to 61 before the day was over. Bass start to spawn at temperatures around 62. The sight fishermen were out. They generally cruise the shallows looking for bass on the bed and then sit there and worry them until they bite. We had one boat like that come into our cove that looked like they were going to run over the spot we were fishing. Only ugly looks stopped them. We had just caught the FOD, a 6 – 7. Maybe they saw it and were emboldened.  I had a fish to break off when it got hung up on some lily pad stems. The fish then came up and threw the Booyah. Jackson and I made note of the spot where the bait landed. After fishing a good while, we thought we would look for the bait on the way out of the cove. The water was 3 1/2 feet deep and clear.  I looked down in the water and there the Booyah was. I picked up the boat hook and fished it our by the hook on the first try. Jackson said” you’ll never do that again in your lifetime”. Finding it was extremely lucky. We were treated to an aerial show in the afternoon. An osprey was hunting and dove and caught a fish. The fish appeared to be about the size of a 1/2 pound bass. As the osprey flew off, an eagle, who had been watching, flew rapidly across the lake and started harassing the osprey trying to take the fish. A dogfight ensued that caused the osprey to drop the fish into the woods. With that the osprey started to attack the eagle and both performed some amazing maneuvers with the eagle finally landing in a tree. We ended with 11 fish and the 6 – 7 FOD.