fished from 11 - 7 today at the lake. Started out fishing for crappie in the back of lake but had no luck. The<BR> shad were back there but not on the surface because you could see them on the meter and the birds were<BR> getting them. I was going to just go home but I stopped off at jackass canyon on my way back to throw the<BR> AC minnow a little. Third cast I got whomphed on about 10 feet from the boat and landed a nice 4.3<BR> pounder. This got me motivated to stay a little longer and as I worked down the bank I nailed another bass<BR> about 2lb. Getting towards the back of the cove I had another huge strike close to the boat and landed a<BR> 5.3, my second largest this year at the lake. I picked up one more about 2lb in jackass and had another 4-5<BR> pounder chase the minnow all the way to the boat but miss it. The afternoon was slow and I fished mostly<BR> back by the dam. In the evening it turned on again though in the marina cove and I picked up a 3, 3.8, and<BR> another 4.3 all in about 15 minutes over some trees. Pretty epic day really, can't wait to get out there again.<BR> If only there was no such thing as school....