The water level has dropped about 18 inches since I was there last on October 1st. For that reason, I had a little difficulty launching the boat. To keep that from happening again I adjusted the location of the boat rack. As I was performing that task something struck in a nearby group of limbs. When I was ready to start fishing I put on a Whopper Plopper and cast several times around that group of limbs. After 3 or 4 casts in that vicinity my attention turned to something else. A minute or two later I looked back at the limbs and a small alligator came steaming out. I caught 6 on the WP including the strike of the day fish. I made a long cast to a steep bank. As I was retrieving the bait, when it got about 2/3 of the way back to the boat one came from somewhere and just blasted it. When topwater stopped working out came the DT-6, the one with all the paint knocked off of it. It caught a few but they were widespread with almost no pattern. For instance, I caught one in 6 feet of water and shortly thereafter, as I threw past a deep water log a fish bit out in 25 feet of water. The fish was  out cruising in the deep water and was fatter than any I caught today. It had a shad tail sticking out its gullet. I saw a fish jump that looked like a bass chasing shad. The DT-6 quickly got sent on the mission and sure enough something latched on. It was another one of those unknown fish I have been catching in the private hole. They have a rather small mouth but all three hooks of one treble were hooked in its mouth. I had my pliers out and clamped down on the hook shank. Somehow the fish frolicked and the other hook cut the line. The pliers gave away on the hook shank and my good DT-6 swam off with the fish. I believe based on the shape and how it jumped that the fish are a species of freshwater mullet. I ended up at 11:30 with 14 bass, about half were in the two pound range.