After a  fossil finding trip that fell through, I decided to go to the private hole and give fishing a try.  Since it was last minute, I went by myself. Fishing started at 2:00.  There were a few in the same spot as last week but they were not very active biters. The shakey head in deep water got a couple to the boat but you had to shake it to make them bite.  A 1/2 ounce Red Eye Shad started to catch some in another spot. The fish were bunched up in a spot that the North wind was blowing to and creating a slight current.  In this particular hole, the fish’s location is greatly influenced by the wind. Mostly the fish will be on the side the wind is blowing to. When those fish ran out I continued into that  end and noticed a good many groups of shad “flicking” out in the middle.  A DT-6 was next , but instead of casting it to the bank I just cast it out into the middle where  the shad were, hoping the bass were following the shad. On one of the casts I felt something and set the hook and at once something took off pulling drag .  Thinking I had snagged an Asian carp, I was hoping to be lucky enough to get my DT-6 back. Then the fish came up and rolled. Asian Carp, no, big bass, yes. I jumped down from the casting deck , retrieved the net from under it, and used it on the fish.  I was a 6 – 6 FOD.

You can see the crawfish pattern DT-6 still hooked in the top of its mouth. I caught a few more in the open before they shut down. Figuring they may have moved deeper I pulled out the Timber Tiger DC-13. Pretty quickly a 4-7 volunteered, the second one of those for the day. I thought I had it figured out but caught only one or two more. The day ended with a total of 23.