Like any long trip we had some weather issues. 4 warm days to start were very good; we had many bass over 3 or 4 lb blowing up on shad in the evening. Then we had a day on Palestine; we really needed a bigger boat than what we had. We went back to Athens where we got run off the lake after an hour by a thunderstorm, We moved from Palestine north to near Lake Fork on Friday in a heavy rain. Several fronts went through the second week, slowing fishing. We were never too discouraged as we saw many 4 to 7 lb fish, and the crappie were always available. We always caught a few fish; we also knew most fish in the slot lakes were in the 14-24 inch category. Slot limits are the way to go!! The last day we went to Tawakoni and caught wipers; Churchill broke his 16 lb leader on what he thinks was a big striper. all in all the good days were great; the bad weather days were a challenge but you knew big fish were around. around. With 15 or so great lakes within an hour drive, choosing where to fish was a fun challenge. And the BBQ was great.