Since it was forecast to be 102 for a high today, Jackson and I decided to go fishing early and quit before the heat became unbearable. Also factored into the equation was there was a major period that was supposed to start at 6:53. At 5:45 we were in the lake at the place where the fish were chasing shad the last time we were there. Again they were chasing shad and hitting on top in the lily pads. There were missed bites but Jackson caught 2 right off the bat on a hollow body frog. The pads there were not conducive to fishing a Ribbit and it was not working so I hurriedly put on a Booyah Pad Crasher Jr. Soon one hit it and upon hookset the fight was on, but not for long because the line broke. It was a relatively small fish but the line had not been retied, my bad. Jackson gave me a frog but the best I could do was to get one to hit at it and knock it up on to a pad. Next I tried a swim jig and was able to catch some relatively small fish. The bites shut down fairly quickly so we tried some other places but with no luck. In that lake there are acres and acres of lily pads, an many were blooming. In one place where we had the wind blowing toward us and from the blooming pads we could smell their fragrance. It is in general a lovely spot. At about 10 we returned to the starting point because we knew the bass were still there and we were determined to make them bite. They did not comply except for one that came up and kissed the bait and might as well have kissed us goodbye because we promptly left. Ended up with 5 bass at 11:00 before the heat.