Great way to spend an afternoon. On the Bass coloration . I used to fish some ponds for big Bass in winter. In some deep ponds they would have little color to them. But if placed in an open livewell where light hit them after a short time those beautiful colors returned.
Sounds like a fine way to spend an afternoon. You got it rough having to Duck and Deer hunt then fish on the same trip to camp.
I have a friend south of Carlise that has fish ponds and a big shallow reservoir that has a bar ditch where the dirt was dug for the leeve. Can be a blast catching Crappie in that thin water around Cypress tress.