I caught a fish on the first cast, a stripe, and another on the third cast, a 5 – 2 FOD, all on a new rod and reel that I have caught nothing on for the last three trips. What did I catch them on ? A DT-6 of course. After that opening I thought I was going to wear them out but the bite slowed quickly. Figuring they might be a little deeper, a DT-10 was used but with no luck. A few more volunteered but only a few so I went looking. I headed to the south end fished a little but mostly ran my depthfinder. With the lake falling 8 feet in the next few days some spots down there will get good. In one place down there, the Ed King spot, the towboats have pushed all the trees down  so the place is almost unrecognizable. I found it and plan to fish it if the water does not fall out before I can go again. Enough time had passed for my first place to rejuvenate so I headed for it. Someone was already there. I should have stayed. He had caught a few but was not fishing the “mother lode”. The spot is not big enough for two so I just fished close by. Finally I left and rode to check out some more spots on the North end of the lake. It was getting late so I left to go in and as I passed the good spot it was empty. I stopped in and was able to catch some on a shaky head worm. The DT-6 had been lost to an ironwood bush that  my “gitter” couldn’t even rescue it from. I put on a 3 XD instead. They are a good substitute for the DT-6 and may run a tad deeper.  A  4 – 1 bit on the first cast. A couple more were caught on a shaky head. The total was 12 bass, two stripes and two goo that bit the shaky head. The gnats were terrible. If you go be sure to take some Buggins Natural to keep them at bay.