Lake Ferguson was 18.6 feet when I launched Tuesday morning at 10:30. The weather was forecast to be perfect, and it was. Light winds, high in the 60’s, and sun interspersed by clouds. I was apprehensive due to some negative reports, but the lake was down from the levels where the bad reports came from. The water was not as clear as it was a couple of months ago, with visibility around a foot+. Water temp on top was 54 degrees. I figured the fish would be deep and lethargic so I started with a DT-16 on the 70 bank. Soon the DT-16 came up with a small one that seemed pale, I’m sure due to the low water clarity. Going down the bank further with no bites, I began to see some shad dimpling the water so I threw a DT-6 to see if there were any bass around. The 3 – 1 that was there must have had its mouth open because it hit immediately. Nothing more until I reached the 70 spot where the 5 – 5 FOD put a summertime solid thump on a worm in relatively shallow water. A little later there were some gulls diving on shad in water that was 1 1/2 feet deep. I went to that spot and right out from it in 3 feet of water, a 4 – 11 hit a redeye shad. These bites were not coming one after another. It was a long time between them. I moved East into relatively shallow water where the water temperature was 57 degrees. There were shad dimpling the water in every direction and there was a 3 1/2 lurking to feed on them but no more in that area. Back to the 70 bank I caught one more 2 -13 and a small gar that were chasing the shallow shad. 19- 6 for the best 5 of the 6 bass caught, not bad. I saw Terry at the waterfront and he had caught 10 in water 10 feet deep on a Carolina rig, one of which was 7 pounds.