I have heard some good things about Lake Enterprise lately and Mickey and I decided to give it a try.  It’s a beautiful lake with relatively clear water.  The rumor was that spinnerbaits were the ticket in the cypress trees. We fished for a long time before Mickey caught the first one. It was right up against the bank so we started targeting anything close to the bank. Finally I caught one and Mickey had another to hit his bait three times, the last time snapping his line. That was it. We both had come as close to taking a zero as you can come without actually zeroing.  We have no excuse. The only adverse thing was the leaves out of the cypress trees were covering the water in some places. They were hard to keep off of your lure but if the fish were biting we would have caught some regardless of the cypress leaves. Since we didn’t catch enough to write about, I took some pictures of the plug knocker that I have been using to save my deeply hung up crankbaits. I saw it in a trash can when I was throwing away my trash about two years ago. It had a sissy string on it and no chains.

    

Notice the small rope and the strong key ring that holds the chains.  I added the rope and chains. The second photo shows the loop that you can stick your line into without disconnecting it. You just slide the knocker down the line until the lead head hits your lure or the object it is hung on. If just bumping it will not free it the chains will catch your hooks and you can pull the lure free. At worst you may have to change hooks. I love to use my pole and hook but it is only 10 feet long. With the rope you can go to 20 feet or more. I think it originally came from Bass Pro but the stronger rope and chains make it much better.