After Saturdays experience cast-netting gobs of Spots and Smallies against the dam wall at Nickajack, i just couldn't wait to get out there with jigging spoons, so I risked employment and left work early yesterday. Rained the entire drive down, slacked up long enough for me to launch and set up umbrella, then came down hard for four hours. The day started off wet because I lost my balance and stepped in the lake to soak one foot. Didn't matter because the fabric sunbrella just leaked like a storm drain and I was soaked to the skin in a short while. There were two other nuts out in this weather as well. Anyway, I went to the mother-load wall and they were GONE! All the jillions of shad were gone! It was a bare wall! There were scattered shad everywhere but the spot I have been dreaming about was empty! I started with my Damiki Vault and right away caught a Channel cat, then a ten pound drum, then nothing. After an hour of nothing, I switched to a Silver Buddy and jigged off the end of the wall, in the turbine current and hooked a twenty pound drum. Thought maybe I would catch a few Shad to take home but my net got hung on rocks and destroyed. Got out my spare and got it hung on crank bait treble hooks. Had the cut them out, ruining the spare net. Wow, I have really ticked off the creator! Got tired of this and started tossing a micro-umbrella rig with three swim-baits and two teasers, and right away started catching really nice White Bass. One was 2 lb. 3 oz. Well, just kept that up and caught a couple dozen before the rain stopped. Hallelujah! The sun came out so I went a couple miles down river to drift fish and my trolling motor quit! Motor would not hit a lick. Tester showed no current at plug but current at battery. The issue was under my floor!!!!!  DURN IT!!  I took my snake-bit, saturated self on home and plan on re-attending Church for awhile!

At least you caught a few dozen fish soggy Bob!!! Differing volumes of flow will sure move those dam fish around . Drum and white bass are always there for us when we need them 

Hang in there buddy, and whatever you do... DON"T EVER THINK... IT CAN"T GET ANY WORSE!!! IME, The Lord looks upon that thought as a challenge. 😉 Dandy white bass btw, and that 20# drum had to be a heck of a fight.

That is a pretty darn good for a bad day!