Fishing versus Ducking

[bobby b.]

I've been duck hunting for the last month but our duck lease area in NE Arkansas got flooded (see pic of flood road in front of the cabin) so went fishing this morning keying off recent posts by Dock.  I could not mark any fish at my usual locations and there were no loons or gulls to show me the way.  Around 8:30 am on the way back to the dock I stumbled across a couple loons and gulls.  There was a good bit of shad showing on the locator.  I marked some fish about 100 yards away and the bite was on.  One after another - all nice fat keeper Spots.  Any swimbait or spoon would work but I used 2.8 Kitech mostly.  I noted two things: 1) if the fish moved to lower in the water column the bite slowed but was still good and 2) all the fish bit hard but allot came unbuttoned halfway up even though I set the hook hard and reeled fast.  WT 47 degrees.  I loss count of the number of fish caught.  The bite slowed but continued on past 10 am which Dock will tell you is unusual.