On the water at 0730, water temp 82 degrees, at least 3’ lower water level than my last visit this past Spring.  Visibility was about 14-18 inches. 

Immediately hooked a nice 5lb. fish.  A few casts later a 2 pounder then crickets for a couple hours.  Started marking fish and shad in about 5-6’ of water and would drag a rattle trap though the the area.  Caught about a dozen 1.5-2 lb. fish over the next couple hours doing this.  The fish were very active on the surface chasing shad, but topwater baits brought no bites.  Picked up a couple running frogs over the weeds and a few dropping senkos at the edge of the weed mats.

Had a very large water moccasin try to get in the boat while I was parked along the shore using a punch rig.  Scared the bejeesus out of me as I didn’t see him coming.  He didn’t seem to like the paddle though, especially when it hit him multiple times.  Saw several more but we did our best to stay away from each other.

Some geese in the area and the standard 15-18 local teal.  They seemed to prefer the far north end of the big lake and the east side. 

I read the comments on the spillway, but it worked fine for my rig.  Use caution though as there is about 6 inches of slime between dry concrete and the waterline.  Makes it a bit tricky to get in and out of the boat.  Ask me how I know…...