1:50 PM - I had worked the upper, shallow end of the pond and missed two bites around the logs - one hit as I reeled over a log and I missed it, and another hit and I had it on for a few seconds down in a log and stump jam but had only log by the time I got to it. When I got to the corner where I feed the bream I noticed the shiner get real nervous - moving fast and coming to the top. Suddenly the cork disappeared. I let the fish run till the line was tight and set the hook. The 4-10 bass was 22 1/2 inches long and was hooked in the tongue.

2:10 PM - With the sun over head, the only shade on the water was from one tree on the dam. I cast to the shady spot and when I lifted my rod tip the line was streaking to the right and back to me. When I caught up with the fish and set the hook the line popped! It was frayed for several inches right and I wondered if bass teeth did that of if it had gotten over the drain pipe - it had been real close when I set the hook, and there was little resistance.

2:30 PM - As the Senko fell to the bottom on a deep bank near some grass, my line twitched. I set the hook and snatched a 5 oz bass out of the water - shades of Dale Hollow. This little fellow was not much longer than the Senko - guess he could not see how big he was since his eyes face forward.

2:40 - A 1-9 bass hits the Senko near a stump - at 14 1/4 inches long it looks like it should weigh more.

2:50 - Back near the upper end of the pond I notice the cork streaking off to the right then going under. I grab that rod and set the hook, and a big bass jumps. I am sure it weighs six pounds, but when I land it, it shows 4-12 and is 22 1/4 inches long. Strange that it is so close to the same size as the other one. This one had swallowed the shiner and the hook was in its gullet. I got it out as carefully as possible, and there is no blood, but when I put the fish back it comes up to the surface. It dies fast and I tie it to the side of the boat with some line. When doing this, I notice a hole in both sides of the upper lip - looks like it has been hung on scales twice. When I look at the tongue there is a hole in it! This must be the same bass - maybe it swallowed the shiner and that accounts for the extra two ounces? And I could have been off 1/4 inch on my measurements. Does catching one twice count?

3:10 - I cast to a tree in the water and my line starts moving off before the Senko gets to the bottom. When I land the 1-7 bass, it has two Senkos and two 5/0 hooks in its throat - this is the one that I broke off on the hook set! It is about 50 yards from where I broke it off. and it is 14 3/4 inches - these fish sure do move around a lot, and they are hungry! With two hooks in its throat I decide to keep this one, too. It is deformed. The tail is crooked - one of those fish with a crooked backbone. Wonder what causes that.