04-21-2018, 09:00 AM
After a month and a half of NO fishing, during our house restoration after a water leak, we finally got out early Friday morning below the dam. Chris was having withdrawal too as he does not have a boat. So no fishing for him also. He does have a camper, (but no boat) ???<br /><br />Anyway we had decided to free line some LARGE shiners. Chris stopped by Jack&#39;s bait shop and got some beauties. Ran up near the wing wall and started drifting the bait along the current line. Chris had a hit pretty quick and the fish was pulling drag so I figured probably a drum or whatever. Then we saw it was a LM bass. I got the big net in action and scooped her on the first pass. 9 1/2 pounds. Personal best for Chris. <br /><br />Of course when you start a day that way it is hard to improve. I promptly cought a large channel cat (why me) and Chris got a couple of drum around 12 #. A bit later the bite slowed so we started drifting from dam down below the RR bridge, still using shiners. Chris got a good Smallie and I got a very nice spot. Lunch and a couple oF white bass ended the morning.<br /><br />I tried the rig and other swim baits, and spinnerbait just in case a stray striper was around. No such luck. Will post a pic if some one will do it for me.<br /><br />Regards, Norman