Mickey and I met at 4:00 at the ramp this afternoon for a late trip on Ferguson. We went straight to the North end where we just knew we were going to tear them up. Not at that spot today.  Taff was just leaving the spot and either there had been no fish there or he had vacuumed the place. We crossed the lake and started with a Strike King Series 5 XD  and a shakey head. Mickey got hung on a deep log and was shaking the shakey head trying to get it loose and a fish helped him out by taking it off for him. It just happened to be a 5 – 8 which was the FOD. Mark, do you recognize the spot.

     

Mickey was clowning with the shakey head, putting them in the boat right and left, so I finally had to switch. When that spot ran out we started down the bank looking for another. In one place, Mickey hung a fish and halfway to the boat it jumped and threw out his worm and another one that must have been in his mouth too. We caught several in a nondescript place where we could hear water trickling through the rocks on the bank. A spring must have been giving the fish some cool relief.  I pulled out the 5XD again as we went down the bank so I could cover more territory. It started working, catching some good fish . As a matter of fact, I wanted to keep some fish to try the new  ceviche recipe and was having a hard time getting ones that were small enough.  We ended up with 10 fish, only 3 in the icebox, but 4 over 4 pounds. Our largest 5 fish weighed 21 – 11.  Not bad for a couple of amateurs on a quick afternoon trip to Lake Ferguson.