Friday morning I went to physical therapy early and then hurried home and to the lake getting to the fishing spot about 10:30. Where the previous day the fish had been relatively shallow Friday they were deep. I could not catch any with a DT 6 but soon I backed off of the bank to where the boat was sitting in 18  feet of water and pulled out a DT 10 which caught a 4 -15  FOD right off the bat. The fish were not in one place like they had been the day before but more scattered up and down the bank.  On the second pass down the bank I hooked a nice fish that had the bait all the way in its mouth with the bill of the crank sticking toward its gullet. It had a 6 pound head, was blind in one eye, and had a 4 1/2 pound behind. The thing was skinny and hungry. Most of the fish were between 2 1/4 and 3 pounds. I quit at around 3:00 with 9 fish total. Of interest also was a group of roseate spoonbills that were sitting in a dead willow. I idled over in the shallow water to take a photo. The sun was so bright I could not see the screen of the phone.  Several pictures were taken before they flew and this one was the best of the batch. You can click on the image to make it larger.

Saturday morning Mickey and I launched in the middle of a tournament. They had just started taking off when we idled through the middle of the pack and took off ourselves. Of course, they all passed us on the way up the lake but, much to our surprise, none were sitting in our spot when we got there. Things started off slow with us having to go up and down the bank several times, going in with a DT 6 and out with a DT 10 or a worm to try to figure out what was going to work. We caught a few  but things were so slow we decided to move and try another place. It was a good idea since Mickey caught this 4.93 FOD.

After catching a few, we returned to the first spot to see if it had rejuvenated. It had slightly.  We caught a few more including the blind in one eye 4 1/2 I caught yesterday. It had to be the same fish because it was blind in one eye, 4 1/2 and still hungry. Instead of a DT 10, this time it hit a DT 6. That just shows the benefit of catch and release. Mickey caught some on a worm including the FOD but the majority of the fish came from the DT’s.  For the day the total was 18 fish all except 1 were of decent size. After three straight days of fishing, I think a rest is due for this old guy.