Well I just got back last night, I guess here would be as good a place as any to leave my report as this thread has gained popularity haha. Zero drops of rain for the entire week and hot and sunny. We have no idea what the temps were because there's minimal cell phone service and zero internet down there but it was a "sizzler" for sure. Water temp was 83-86 in the mornings and around 90-92 in the afternoons. This is a big family/friends camping and fishing trip that dates back over 50 years! I think this was my 21st or 22nd, I've been going every year since about 7th grade. We camp on the shore of the Alabama river on the William b dannely reservoir. The guys consistently caught bass, mostly in and around grass beds with spinner baits and plastic worms. I struggled the first 3 days we were there only catching one or two tiny bass per outing. I finally had a decent evening on Thursday evening I believe it was tossing a weightless worm around Cypress stumps, catching 6 decent ones in 2 hours. I also got on a decent bladed jig bite at the advice of a father and son that were only able to fish a session or two with us. They were fishing an island that is up against the old river channel where the water goes from 1 ft grass beds to 27 feet in about the Length of your boat. Anywhere the grass or a bush stuck out to a point there would be a bass. I used@Bluebasser86's bait to catch these fish on Friday and Saturday. We were also able to net a few shad after wearing ourselves out throwing and throwing and I got a nice 19" largemouth with a large gizzard, my biggest of the trip (looked like a solid 3 lb) . For the group, I would say 4-4.5 lb was the biggest fish. My buddy's 7 year old caught a 3 lb on a frog and a couple bowfin, this kid may be on the pro tour one day!! As far as the food, we ate like kings. Breakfast consists of bacon, sausage, fried eggs, grits, and biscuits with homemade fig preserves. For supper we had fried bologna sandwiches, steak burgers, two big fish fry's (fish tacos one night, traditonal with hush puppies and fried potatoes the other) and slaw dogs with bacon and grilled onions our last night. All in all a great trip, the best week of the year every year. I have many more photos but I think it cut me off.....