Jackson would have been proud of Mickey and me this morning because we left the waterfront in the dark with the idea of doing some topwater fishing. We went into the willows where it was about 4 to 5 feet deep and started throwing around the downed tree tops and “fuzzy” willows, the ones with small limbs around the base. It was slow to begin with but picked up as there was more light. The strikes picked up but not the catching. Except for one, it was obvious the fish just didn’t have their heart in it. We then tried a DT-6 just on the outside of the trees and began to catch a few. The DT-6 was dredging up willow leaves so we switched to a Yozuri. After one pass down the bank we made another and the places we caught fish on the first pass were good again. One place was much better than the others so we would sit there and catch several only to leave and then come back and catch some more. There were three main spots where we could depend on getting a bite. Mickey caught one and when he took the fish off of the hook threw the bait over the side while doing something else. He noticed his rod bumping up and down, pulled it up, and there was a fish. We surmised that a fish that was following the fish he caught saw the bait and grabbed it. We left for a side trip trying a couple of other spots when the bite slowed but came back to the main spot on the way in. We caught a few more but only a few. The fish were of decent size with a FOD of 3 – 8. There were a couple of others we eyeballed at 3 or a little better. We ended up with 31 bass. There was a Northeast wind blowing most of the morning that felt almost like air conditioning. Pleasant day. WARNING: BFL tournament this weekend, 100+ boats = madhouse. Only good thing is a 3 fish limit but both for boater and non boater. Six fish per boat.