Since the wind was gusting to 26 MPH when I left home to go fishing, I decided to go to the private hole where the wind would not affect the fishing as much as on Lake Ferguson.  The fishing started at 3:30. To start, a DT-6, a shakey head worm, a DC-13 Timber Tiger and a Yozuri were tied on.  Quickly the DT-6 struck and caught 5 in a place where the wind was causing some water movement through a channel connecting two larger parts of the  hole. The fish there were waiting on the shad to come through, although there was no activity on top. Trying to get a little deeper I put the DC-13 to work and managed to catch one with it.  After that things slowed down.  On a deep point were several tree tops that I tried with a Cripple Killer topwater. It’s a prop bait, closely resembling an old Cordell Crazy Shad.  On the first cast one hit and immediately the line broke due to  not retying. One of these days I’ll learn. As I was lamenting the loss of the new topwater, it came floating up. After it was tied back on, it went to work. The bass would just come up and suck it down.  I ended up catching 20 in all with a FOD of 3 3/4, caught on the killer, and had a large tail sticking out of its gullet . A dozen were caught on the topwater.  The lessons from Mickey have paid off.