I have not been to the Garhole since the end of August and I knew the water had dropped substantially. It might be a problem getting the boat to the water so I went early. First the leaves had to be blown out of the boat, then some large limbs had to be laid from the back of the boat to the water to keep the back of the boat from sinking into the mud. The water was down three feet so it was about 10 feet from the back of the boat to the water. I loaded my equipment and then pushed. It worked like a charm. I started in a spot that usually gives up a fish or two but nothing today. More good spots but again nothing. There is a top near a good place that I threw the rugby head jig into and one cooperated and chased the skunk away. There was nothing going on so I tried another top, this time just drifting up close and dipping the bait over between the limbs, no cast involved. Got another bite and caught another small one. The wind was high and the leaves made it impossible to fish a crankbait in many places. The main part of the hole was half leaves and half clear. Even just fishing the tops where the leaves were, there were no bites. When I moved out of the leaves a DT-6 caught one very quickly. I figured this must be where the fish are, but no more bites for a long stretch, even in the thick spots. The wind was really blowing the boat around now making it hard to sneak up against a top so I could drop the bait down between the limbs. When the bait went down into the top and hit a limb it would feel like a bite. I was fooled a lot of times when I thought it was a limb but it was a fish. I bet there were a dozen that I missed. When I started on my second time around, I saw on the depth finder a fish right on the bottom in 8 feet and said to myself “that looks like a bass”. After the boat had moved a little I cast a DT-10 to the spot and came up with a 2-14 which ended up as the FOD. No more however so I went back to the tops and caught a few more. By now it was 2:00 p.m. A DT-6 tried in one of the usual places and caught two more. It was obvious things were picking up somewhat, but not overly so. Went back to the place I started and caught one on the rugby head and one on a DT-10. I had to be out of the woods at 3:00 and it was time to quit with 13 fish.