Richard had me up to Beaver Dam again Thursday morning. We used the same three baits that we used the first time, a 1/4 oz. Booyah , a Brovarney swim jig (me 1/4 oz. Richard 3/16 oz.) and a baby Paca Craw. The  4-5 FOD bit first. We were afraid that might be a bad omen for the rest of the trip. It was not however. Since the last time there I had changed over a spinning reel from  a long rod to a short one. The reel has 14 pound test Nanofil line on it that has almost no stretch and casts like braid. I have found out that at Beaver Dam your casting has to be accurate if you want to get a bite. Not only does it have to be accurate, it has to be accurate under and around the cypress limbs. The ability to “skip” a bait is a big plus. We had a pleasant day fishing mostly in the shade. It rained just enough to make us put on the rain suits but quit just after we put them on. No lightning so we got to keep fishing. I had heard Richard speak of the 55 log, a place where he and a friend caught 55 in short order toward the end of a challenging day. Since I asked about it we went to look. It is a large hollow cypress log that has drifted over to a bank that has only three small trees close to the bank. We went down the bank casting to the open water and caught 5 or 6. Richard caught number 26 when he cast his Booyah over a limb and as the bait was getting close to where it would leave the water the line went sideways. He set the hook and caught the fish.