Lake Ferguson is rising slightly but I went there this morning early to try to have a little topwater fun.  I had missed a couple of small ones and was fishing near some vines when a bass about 2 pounds hit the bait hard and went for the vines where it hung up and managed to break the line. It took my Nipididdee with the big hooks.  A few small ones were all that cooperated this morning and about noon I went to this culvert where some more small ones bit.

I went to the places where Friday they were really biting but the fish were not in the exact same location today. They would be to one side or the other of the spot .  I managed to catch the 3 – 6 FOD in one however. It was obvious the bite was getting better in the afternoon. Friday I had a silver carp to power away with a DT – 10 and was lucky to get the last one in the Wal Mart yesterday to replace it.  I lost that DT – 10 twice today, once to a gar and got it back, and once to a fish that hung me and it in a bush. I used both of my plug retrievers and never touched the bait. The fish was still on the hooks! Finally I gave up and broke it off. The day ended with 14 fish of which 4 were 3 or better. The silver carp are thick in Lake Ferguson and must be tearing up the commercial fishermen’s nets because there were dozens of them floating around on the lake today.