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Got out in the higher, muddy water with Emerson at about 8:20am.  We were using high visibility baits and tried swimbaits, grubs, craws and I used spinnerbaits and crankbaits as well.  After switching from a swimbait to a white fat albert grub with the tail spiked chartreuse, Emerson hooked something big.  It took a while to get it in, but he fought it like a champ and followed instruction.  Finally, we could see the fish and it was a ...big flathead catfish!  It measured 30" and was probably close to 10 lbs.  His biggest fish yet!

A bit later, he caught a smallie with a keitech swimbait.

I ended up catching one on a spinnerbait, one on a swimbait and another on a grub.  Nothing over 13".  Bite shut down after about 11:30am when the wind picked up and it was getting hot.  We were off the water by 1:00pm.