Started around 1:00 p.m., or so. Flipping a green pumpkin tube under and around docks. Picked up a couple of smallies (pictured). Got to one dock and looked down and about 5' from the dock I see this brute swim by. Could not get it to take but I took note...

Kept fishing along and then on a dropshot, with a power bait minnow, I hooked into a decent smallie. It fought around there like they do and then it spit the hook. Bummer. I took note...

Moved along and changed up to a 6" green laminate Senko when I hit the weeds. Soon after I got a largemouth probably just under 2 lbs, if I had to guess. It then slowed down for a couple hours, then picked up another largemouth from under a dock. We'll call it a pound.

Here is where it got fun. I took my notes out and headed back to where I seen the pig. When I got there I picked up my dropshot rod with the power minnow. First flip out there, WHAM! I should have just pulled it in but the wind was taking me into the dock so I was working the motor and playing the fish. Had it on for 20 seconds or so, about 4 pounds, then I let it get away. Bummer.

Moved down to where I had lost the other smallie. Changed the dropshot to a 3.5" Panic Minnow because the fish I was wanting already bit the power minnow, if it makes a difference. Got back to that dock. 1st piling, nothing. Second piling, fish on, a smallie, same fish I had lost, I would assume (pictured). Worked toward shore to the next piling, fish on, a largemouth this time (pictured).

Took a couple of more flips out there then moved back to where the big'un was, but like one would think, it did not come back.

I had one little dink lmb which I will not count, so, other than him, I got 3 smb and 3 lmb. Nothing big but fun day.

Left around 6:30 as I had to go buy Lotto tickets (the only chance that I have to not go to work tomorrow).

Water temps. consistently at 59/60.

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