Made the first cast at the Private Hole this morning at a quarter to 9. A whopper plopper has been good there so that is what I started out with. After fishing with it for a good while, it was obvious that it was not the bait to use since I did not get a bite. Swapped to a worm and caught three pretty quickly. Then threw a swim jig a few times and caught two more. All of this in the same spot. Venturing over to the place the WP has been so good did no good as not a bite with a swim jig or a WP. Dropped back to the worm and caught one more but not a whole lot was going on. A shallow flat that is usually good got nothing but a bass crashed a shad only feet from the boat. The flat had some muck in the form of rotten weeds on the bottom so the worm would not work too well and the WP ahd been tried to no avail. I thought a swimbait just might work and used one of the new ones from Basspro that have all the ridges and the slot top and bottom for the hook. Of course, the tail was dipped in the garlic scented red spike it. A bite came pretty soon and it was on. The best way to fish that place is to just fan cast 360  degrees. Other than a couple of times when I was asleep at the wheel and set the hook immediately, the hookups were pretty good even though the bass were not all large. Toward the end my self control on the hooksets became much better and I would even let the fish have the bait for a while before setting the hook. One fish came up and scarfed the bait just before I lifted it from the water. I stuck my rod into the water, and when I felt the fish, I set the hook on a feisty 2 1/2 pounder, which was the FOD . Quitting time was 1:15. 20 bass in 4 1/2 hours was a good trip.