Lake Ferguson was 26.9 feet and the water temperature was 83 degrees when I left the ramp at daylight. I was the first boat out. Plenty more followed. There were big gar rolling in the first place I stopped so I went to the “found” bait box and came out with a 3 inch Balsa B that I have used before but never caught a fish on.  I caught 3 right off the bat with it, one was 3 1/2 pounds. I then tried to find a sunken boat and succeeded to get my bait securely hung in 9 feet of water. After trying both the long pole that I carry and the lure retriever you hang on the line with no luck, I had to break the line.  My lost and found lure was lost again but momentarily it came floating to the top, found again.  At another spot the bass were running bream up on the bank and I was able to catch 2 more there, one being a pretty, fat little Lake Ferguson 2 pounder.

The next stop yielded a 4 – 9 on the same “found” 3 inch” B”.

After fishing multiple good places with no luck, I proceeded to the South end, where I intended to check on a place where a bass hung me up in an ironwood bush and caused me to have to break off a brand new DT – 10.  I saw a line in one of the bushes, pulled on it, and there it was.

In the second photo, it’s the one on the right. It looked good after a scrubbing with a toothbrush. The hooks will get replaced and it will see duty on the next trip.  I stumbled into one more fish to make a total of 7. The best 5 weighed a little over 15 1/2 pounds.  If I go again soon, I will quit at 9:00, because in the last few trips to Ferguson two fish have been caught after that hour.