I have not been fishing since last Sunday afternoon but I hope to correct that pretty soon. In the meantime, I received a call from Hal yesterday afternoon telling me about his fishing trip to some borrow pits.  He had a great day, catching over 50 fish. On his first trip there about a week ago (caught high 40’s that day), he caught a 5 1/2 pound bass on a spinnerbait by an isolated cypress tree. When he came back by the tree he had changed to a square bill crankbait but caught the 5 1/2 again. He could tell it was the same fish because of the hook mark in its mouth. Yesterday when he came by the tree he had a white swim jig on  and his old friend cooperated again. By then they were getting to be pals and he recognized the fish easily. I accused him of going over there to run up his big fish numbers with that one bass.  The whole episode is a great example of the benefits of practicing catch and release.