The day at the Private Hole started at 6:30.  Usually for some reason I start off counterclockwise, but today I went with the clock. It was still and quiet so the topwater Mickey gave me from the discount table got the call. Soon I had chased off the skunk. I saw a real one on the way that would not get out of the road. It just sort of hopped down the road in front of the truck no matter how much I blew the horn. I certainly was not going to get too close.  Finally it found a deer trail and let me by. I missed a good one that I got a good look at and caught another before the FOD showed up a fat 3-12. It looked as if it was getting ready to spawn.

Just like last time the fish hit with gusto but finding one was the hard part. As the morning went on things slowed down. Around 11:00 I put on a Ribbit because there were some patches of moss and some standing weeds. The first place I tried was a bust but on the way out of it I got a good laugh. A small bass hit the Ribbit in the shade and close to the boat as hard as any fish could. He just blasted it and I laughed but not before I hesitated, set the hook and caught him. It seems like the middle of the day is a good time to fish a Ribbit. The visibility is about 4 feet so the fish were getting under the small patches of moss to escape the sun. I’m sure some were deep too but I could not get any of them to cooperate. There are some tall weeds that are inundated just like the ones in Upper Lake Ferguson.  I think I got a small look into what is going to happen when the river falls out.  Bass were in the weeds but the weeds made it hard to get your bait to the fish.There were several signs of good for the future. There were a good many small 3 to 4 inch bass hatched this year. There were also a good many small bream and small shad that the bass will dine on. There was a persimmon tree with persimmons coming on and a pecan with small nuts beginning to form. All good things for the future of the fish and other animals. I almost forgot, 10 was the final count.