Not much to talk about from yesterdays trip. I haven’t been on Normandy in weeks-Ronnie has kept me posted on how tough it has been, but for a change of scenery I thought I would give it a shot. I put in at Barton Springs at 9:00am -The lake is almost at winter pool and they pulled another 4 inches out yesterday while I was there. No problem getting in 2 wide at Barton Springs but only 1 wide up lake.  Water temp is 66-68 and  great color. We need some rain badly to add fresh oxygen and the lake has yet to turn over.  I fished from Barton Springs to the second bridge and had 5 bites in 5 hours. The 2 short  Largemouth and 2 Spots was it. I caught 2 on a Rapala DT6 Live River Shad and 2 on the New Rapala Shad Dancer Live River Shad. www.rapala.com Once again the Shad Dancer is going to be a great bait this winter-it’s a  silent  and has a hard thumping sweeping tail action and is smaller than the DT6.  The Shad Dancer comes in 16 colors dives 7′ to 10′ on 10lb test lines-I throw it on Sufix 6lb Pro Mix  and it will flat get down past that on a long cast www.sufix.com  It also has 2 #6 Ultra Sharp VMC Treble Hooks-is 2 inches in length and weighs 1/4 ounce.  That’s my story and I’m sticking to it. Rick McFerrin www.tennesseebassguides.com