The lake was at the perfect level for the spots I thought would be good. What was not perfect was the Northeast wind. The first spot  was one that I caught 11 in on the last trip. It did not take long to catch one there on a DT-16. I became a little optimistic but it was to no avail. I switched to a XD-5 at the next spot, which was where I caught 5 on the last trip but only one small bass. The water temperature was 61 degrees on top but that small bass was cold.  I then crossed the lake and caught another small one on the XD-5 but only one small one in that spot. Right down the lake another small one was caught on a worm. Getting desperate, a Carolina rig came out for what I know to be a good section of bank. Nothing. So then I trolled back down that section of bank with a 300 Bandit and again nothing. The bandit would not hit the bottom in 12 feet but started bouncing at 11. I watched the depthfinder and varied the depth from 11 to 16 feet. The 300 Bandit is a bait that is relatively hard to cast because the angled bill causes it to ‘windmill” when you cast it, thus creating a backlash so if I lost it there would be no great loss. Total of 4 bass for the day. Not too great.