Since it rained all day yesterday, I knew the ride to the private hole on the 4 wheeler was going to be a muddy one. I packed up all my stuff and headed out. This is an old photo but it’s about what the Yamaha looked like.

When I shoved off and was rigging up I heard the sound around the corner of a bass striking in the shallows that made me put on a buzz bait to start. After a few casts one shot out of the flooded grass and pounced on it. I tried a few more times but it was obvious something else would be better. DT-6 came out next and caught a couple. Seeing some activity in some shallow water I put  a curly tail grub on a jig head. It was on a spinning rod so I could begin the retrieve quickly and keep the bait shallow. That worked a couple of times too. Here is a photo of the grub and jig.

Still thinking shallow out came the Yozuri. It was great because you can cast it a mile and you do not have to get too close to the fish in shallow water and scare them. When all that action subsided I pulled out a shaky head but on the back I put on a crawfish looking thing with claws that waved when it went through the water. Caught some on it too. Then I hit a lull and bites were nonexistent for about an hour or so.  I changed to a Strike King 5XD  crank bait and started catching a few again. With 12 pound line it goes down 15 feet because I got hung and had to get directly over the bait to get it free and the depth finder was reading 15 feet. After saving the bait, I had a small bass close to the boat that jumped and snapped my line. Not only was my line frayed but the drag was pretty much locked up. It was fine after I loosened it and then tightened it back down to the proper setting. I looked for the bait to come to the top all day but the fish was hooked too well. I caught 15 fish in all on 6 different baits.