After church today I made a snap decision to go fishing. The firetower at Belzoni has been on my mind since I perused my fishing logs the other day. It came to my attention that I have not been there for a couple of years at least. Google Maps shows it as Hard cash Lake when I looked at it to refresh my memory. Since we’ve had all the rain for the last month or so, I figured it would be muddy. Not only was it muddy, it was high by about 4 feet. The stumps that you can usually see and are a good place to fish  were well under water. I tried them anyway with a 1/2  ounce Redeye Shad to no avail. A chatter bait was next, as I figured its vibration would help in the muddy water. The vibration did not help so out came the trusty Booyah with the two Colorado spinners. After a short while I caught a couple. They were right against the bank and in the shade. They would bite before I could swap hands with the rod and turn the reel handle. There were bushes along most of the bank that kept you from being able to cast to the bank so that limited your chances. None were caught on the outside of the bushes. When I ran out of good spots to fish, I swapped sides of the lake and caught a couple more but the spots ran out there too. I rode a little and stopped to fish a place where the bank went from flat to steep and the vegetation changed. I caught one there, again right on the bank. On that bank there were some dead tree tops coming out into the deeper water. I couldn’t stand not fishing that top even though none had been caught away from the bank. The fish there had not received the memo because they were there. There were tops all along the bank there so I proceeded to fish them all and managed to catch some more. My Booyah had broken in the neck on a fish so I tied another on. I lost three fish shortly thereafter. I checked my hook and indeed it was not up to the usual Booyah sharpness, so I touched it up. I believe I caught one more to make it 8 for the day. The bank is covered with vines almost everywhere. Today I had more hangups than usual where when the lure hit the vines it just stuck with no chance to jiggle it and get it out. Absolutely maddening.