At Tara, you always know there’s a real possibility of getting a big one. That reality always keeps us curious, drawing us back for another try. We arrived around noon, Sunday, October 24^th, exchanged hello’s with Claude, the owner (nice guy), and launched on a really windy afternoon. The lake is way down, probably about 3 ½ feet. We estimated the water temp in the high 60’s, fairly stained water, and very little vegetation. Just holding anywhere without an anchor was a challenge in the wind. We threw most of the box but the baits that produced were a white chatter bait, small ned rig, and a weightless Senko. Bites were mostly slow and really hard to come by. We fished hard, hitting most of the brush piles and around the dam, only nabbing about 3 small ones. Then, out of nowhere, Trav stuck a really solid 6lb hoss on a ned rig in around 5 feet of water around a point not far from the left side of the dam later in the day. We pounded that area for a while, but that was it. The bites were random, making it difficult to find a pattern. I missed a good one around the dam on a weightless Senko. We really hope the area gets some good rain in the fall and winter months. Tara is an amazing tank and has a bunch of great quality bass. Maybe next spring…