As I walked by my boat in the garage Thursday morning it looked a little lonesome. November 12th was the last day I fished in it.  I was on my way, again, to the private hole and was able to start fishing there about 10:30. On the way the birds were feeding in the fields and the cows on the levee were up eating, both good signs that the bass were feeding too.  When I started, the fish must have gotten up from the table and gone to watch TV because the bite was not on. After a couple of hours I had caught 4 bass and 3 grinners, one with a shad’s tail sticking out of its mouth, not just its gullet.  I started out with a swimbait on a jig with an exposed hook, a worm, a shakey head, and a XRD 8 S.  Alternating baits until one showed its mettle is how I’ve started recently but no leader emerged.  There was nothing even in the very best spot. My guess is the warming water has changed the program. A gar relieved me of the XRD 8 S but not until it had caught some out in the middle in the 30 feet of water. Getting better with the jerkbaits.  I put the swimbait on that light spinning rod because I had removed it to make way for a Booyah spinnerbait that caught a few slow rolling it.  The count was up to about 15 and I was considering quitting with a little more than an hour left of light.  On the way to the landing, I used the swimbait, casting right next to the bank. Quickly one cooperated, and really swallowed the bait down. Thinking I might be on to something, I cast parallel to the bank and started to catch fish regularly. As dark approached the action got even better. I ended up with 28 bass, 3 grinners, and a crappie. The largest were just under 3 pounds except for the grinners, which I didn’t weigh, but know they were over three pounds. Other things seen of interest were 2 gators, 5 hogs , and a river otter.