Friday afternoon around 2 p.m. , Mickey and I hit Lake Ferguson which was at a level of 25 feet. No rain was forecast but some was coming across Arkansas that looked as if it would go North of us. We started fishing deep, as that is what has worked lately for Mickey. We had some bump and drop bites on deep plastics and a skunk seemed to be lurking in the weeds. Along with the skunk, there was a thunderstorm that didn’t go North bearing down on us with cloud to ground lightning. We quickly retreated to shelter under a house on the lake and waited the storm out. Afterward, still fishing deep, we returned to where we had been fishing thinking the storm would have turned the fish on. Noticing some activity on top, out came the Whopper Ploppers and a Booyah. The fish hit both for a while but there were a lot of hits and misses. We caught 6 with a FOD of 3-0. Hal and Richard have been catching around 25 per trip at Beaverdam with a five pound FOD thrown the mix. Most were caught on white swim jigs and rage blade baits. Beaverdam is a shallow water spot and I’d bet all were caught in 3 feet of water or less.