Fishing Forum

Yep, we went together again. Below a dam. And nothing in or on my boat was damaged(much). However.................. <br /> <br />........it seems Mr. Spurhunter had, a day and a half earlier, purchased about $50 in new fishing equipment, including a new Rapala fillet knife. He had it in a fancy Fat AL tackle bag(plastic sack) and stuffed it into a corner of my boat under a rear casting deck where it certainly would be safe on the trip up. We got to the ramp at the dam and................................Who would like to guess??? Huh?Huh? <br /> <br />Somewhere on I-75 is a suprise grab bag for some lucky fisherman! And I'm telling - Spur said some baaaad words! <br /> <br />We got to the dam before daylight and found some live bait, but all we could find were some small blue catfish. We gave that up and started drifting a bit and Erik hung a small striped bass. It was in an area that I have had luck in before, and since we couldn't get the drift right, we anchored in the best spot to reach where the fish should be. Erik started pounding the smallmouth, catching I think 7 of them, with a couple of very nice ones. I was having a tough time on my end of the boat and only caught 2 smallmouth total. However, I figured out the white bass again with a Foley spoon and kicked Erik's butt all over the boat whth probably 20 great sized whites. He got in on some of the action, but by then I had pretty much cleaned the area out. Erik was also the multi-species man on this trip. I think I remember him catching 5 different species - smallmouth, white bass, striped bass, blue catfish, channel catfish, and a drum. Oops, that's 6 species. <br /> <br />A fine, fun day that wore me out. Here are some pics: