During the high water a large pecan tree floated up to block the place where I usually launch the Garhole boat. Earlier this week I surveyed the situation and chose another spot which may be better than the old one, in that I can drive the Jeep right up to the boat. With a few hours work cleaning out the vines and small bushes and moving the rack that the boat sits on the place was ready for the boat. Mickey and I took care of that this morning early and by 7:00 we were fishing. Of course the first bait out of mickey’s bag was a Chrome Crazy Shad which struck pretty quickly. I used a Phillips Cripple Killer which is similar to the Crazy Shad in that it has props on both ends. The fish were not just blasting the bait, more like just sucking it down. When we left home there was rain on the radar that looked rather ominous so the weather was cloudy which made the topwater bite last longer, as a matter of fact until noon. It was a great lesson for me in topwater fishing. Mickey is the master of that Crazy Shad. Just make it do a little chirp, chirp just like a fish in trouble and then the strike. The water has great visibility and is perfect for that Crazy Shad calling the bass up from deeper to hit it. I tried a wacky worm on some missed strikes but the bream made that all but impossible. They would vibrate on the worm and then run out to the side. If you set he hook there went your worm. The bream were floating everywhere making me wish for a fly rod. Going to take one next time. Jig pole and an ice chest too. Getting tired of turkey and chicken in the lock down. Back to fishing. The fish bit all morning but better early with lots of hit and misses but lots of catches too. Only one fish just blasted the bait. Just before we quit we broke out some worms for me and a tube from Mickey to catch a few. We caught 25 bass with a FOD of 3 3/4. A fun day of catching bass on top. Great to get back in the Garhole.