06/17/2009 A refreshing change today, a stiff ENE 15 knt wind, 56 degree air temps, cooler water temps and bad weather on the way. Our first stop of the day was loaded with bait. Looked great but dished up nada on top water. We made a decent run to an area that had Bass showing themselves as they staged to make their exit into the channels for the soon to be high sun conditions. We saw our 1st roller about an hour into the trip, then another and another, and things began to happen. We stalked a pod of Bass for about 45 minutes as they tracked up and down the grass flat somewhat predictably. For the exception of 2 brief hook ups we could not swoon these skittish Bass to the hook. We decided with our sight fishing shots on the wane we would press on to find more cooperative fish. We rolled into one of my springtime basins that looked just far too good to pass up, and no sooner did we quietly slip in and throw a couple of casts then we had our first brief encounter with a bass. A few minutes later we were hooked up with a couple of 19" Bass. A few casts and strikes later we were tight to another Bass that turned out to be a nice 27" specimen.