Redge, I took fifth due to Buck and his partners accidently weighing 8 fish which got them DQ'd. As for me, I started on brush up around Mazie Landing. Caught a few dinks and as some time went by, I knew I needed to change things up. I stuck a cork on, using one of my 10' Huckabee Dippin Sticks and a blue and white homespun, 16th oz jig. My first fish was a fluke as well as my biggest. I didn't even know if the cork would float the jig properly so after setting it about 7' deep, I tossed it over the side and the cork just kept going down. I thought I was going to need a bigger cork when I realized I had a fish on. It was 1.47lbs and it broke the tie I had with another team weighing a total of 6.29 lbs. I started working the jig in the area I was dipping and within a couple of minutes had another 10" fish. That was it in that spot and I moved dipping brush again to no avail. Went over to the docks and dipped/corked and nada.
It's already afternoon and I'm on the move again, this time I pull out a crank bait and am working the east side of river. After getting hung up and a break off, I noticed I was in only 8' of water and far from the bank where as above and below river from where I was, the water was around 15' deep at the same distance off the bank. I'm on a hump with logs and limbs silted in. I'm also seeing fish on the 2d coming off the TM. I toss a bouy, back off the area and set Bobbys XI5 to Anchor mode.
I start tossing that jig and cork towards the bouy. I got bit and landed a nice 12" fish. Two minutes later, another one hits as I see my cork decide to lay flat which tells me to set the hook. Working the general area, I was able to land 2 more keepers in about a 20 minute period. Then Nothing. I started catching them about 1 p.m. and either I caught them all in the area or they just wouldn't bite anymore. Minnows did me no good.
So now I have 6 in the livewell and am searching for that last keeper. I went back to the area I caught my first two and just couldn't find that 7th fish.
Since I trailered the boat to Mazie, I wanted to give myself an hour from the ramp to get back to the weigh in. I got back with 25 minutes to spare.

I think if I could have found that 7th fish, it might have put me into 3rd for the day, but turning in only 6 was enough to put me into 5th after Bucks most unfortunate counting skills.

It was only my second time fishing the area as I prefished Thursday but only managed one keeper. Let's just say I got lucky in more ways than one, but willing to diversify the methods is what put fish in the livewell. It was fun!