Today I was on Lake Ferguson (20.8 feet) early because I had a hard cut off time. Either I quit on time or I might have to clean up some unpleasantness in the dog crates when I came home. The lake was good but there was a Northeast wind that I didn’t like. Some good spots were on my list to try but only one bite up until 9:30 and that may have been a gar. Was doing a good job of fishing from shallow to 17 feet but was convinced I probably was not fishing deep enough. In passing by a relatively shallow spot I saw a shad jump all the way out of the water in terror but nothing was behind it that I could see. When a little closer to investigate, I caught a fish rather quickly and then another. The wind was blowing directly upon this shallow spot and sometimes that can be a good situation. Poking around, I found out where the fish were but became hung up right in the spot and had to drift by to get the rattletrap back. That messed the spot up so I went farther down the bank but with no luck. Came back to the spot and things were going on.

The fish were hitting the bait immediately when it hit the water. That kind of eased but there were fish to be caught around the periphery. The wind was hawking the whole time. No way I could have done it without the spot lock. Caught every one on a rattletrap. Finally they quit, so I did too. I caught 15 even with a 5 3/4 FOD. Felt lucky to have such a good day.