Not bad at all.

Bullchit!! My fish are washed away! We had to go south.

Hey nutman.....Why don't you so up at Monterey tomorrow. I'd really like to take some of your money being the fishing guru that you are

I fished Rayburn yesterday (Wednesday Dec 30th). I too tried catching them deep first thing in the morning. I caught two on a 10XD early and then went shallow. Ended up catching over 30 bass in the 1'-9' range. It's VERY difficult to find the deeper fish right now, but many people are saying that when/if you find a school out deeper they will be the quality of fish to win torunaments. Just takes hours of searching with your electronics.

If you're not trying to win a tourney and just want your rod tugged on a bunch of times then buy a bag of V&M Baby Swamp Hogs and throw it to the edge of the bay grass, which is literally EVERYWHERE you go. We caught one over 5# last week in the shallow hay grass but have yet to catch a real toad that shallow so I don't expect to win Bass Champs in a couple of weeks.

As far as the hay grass is concerned, you'll likely catch singles or doubles here and there. Just keep moving and when you catch one, slow down and see if they are stacked in there. I found two spots yesterday where they were stacked like crazy and caught about 10-12 out of each spot and then only scattered fish elsewhere.

I didn't find that they were deep in the hay grass at all. Almost all of my bites came at the edge. However, it was mostly cloudy yesterday so that made sense. It may be different when the sun is bright.

I've tried and tried finding a school out deep. All I can say is that if we get any really nasty fronts that cool the water down enough to push those fish off the hay grass then I'm screwed for Champs.

I'm going back next week to fish four brush piles that we dropped a month ago. If they are there then I'll have a deep option for Champs. Other than that, I will have to hope my padna finds them out deep this weekend.

I feel your pain brotha...I feel your pain.