Mickey and I visited Lake Ferguson on a sunny Superbowl Sunday afternoon.  We had plans to go to the 87 pound treeline even though the lake was a little higher than it was when we did well there last year.  When the lake was low last summer the coffeebeans came up and prospered. The water was 12 feet deep but the weed tops were sticking out of the water. When the water does get right there it’s going to be hard to fish due to the weeds. Also after the spawn, the fry are going to have a great place to survive. We started with spinnerbaits down the treeline and could not get a bite. Giving up there, we moved to shallower water and after a strong smell of skunk, one finally followed the bait halfway to the boat before he glommed on. It was tighteye but I was glad to see it. A few bushes later another one hit kind of hard .  We thought the riddle was solved but not so. No more were caught in that spot. The water was 5 feet deep there. We moved again, but due to the height of the water, we had a hard time getting to shallow water. So much wood was floating it was hard to fish so I put on a swimbait due to its weedless qualities.  We came upon a shallow spot that had some cockleburs  showing and as the swimbait came through one nailed it.  Surprisingly, I was able to hesitate before the hookset. Usually when I first start with a swimbait it takes a while before I don’t snatch at first contact. We only caught 3 small fish for the afternoon. The water temperature was 49 degrees.