08-09-2010, 09:00 AM
I had the fine and pleasant honor of escorting Roy Thompson (a.k.a. Grumpy), and his grandson, Peter on the beautiful Tennessee River today. Grumpy is a cool Grandfather. They have a family tradition that every grandkid (Peter is the 6th) is taken on a 3-week road trip with Grandma and Grandpa when they&#39;re eight or nine years old. It&#39;s just the youngster and grandparents in an RV roaming the country like gypsies. I was very proud they included me as one stop in their adventure.<br /><br />My pet catfish sort of had the lockjaw today... we caught fish, but we had to work for them. All drifting chicken as usual, but we never could find a &quot;sweet&quot; spot... just one fish here, another one there.... and even mix of blues and channels. No big fish but all solid eaters that gave Peter a pretty good tussel. Roy wanted enough for a big catfish fry at their campsite at Harrison Bay this evening. We didn&#39;t have any problem filling that request with a half-dozen solid eaters, and we threw back another four or five before Peter got a little bored. So we switched over to bluegill. <br /><br />Peter caught several, but it turned out he had more fun &quot;netting&quot; the bluegill me and Roy caught. We actually caught a LARGE quantity. They weren&#39;t huge... but enough solid bluegill to have made a considerable mess if we&#39;d been keepin&#39;. Roy also had a bonus smallmouth.<br /><br />Weather was GREAT... at least until we bailed at 11:30. A fun morning with fun people which makes me proud and happy that I get to do what I do. And that means life is good and gettin&#39; better everyday!<br /><br />Sidenote: Photo taken with a new iPhone 4. Mercy it takes amazing 5 Meg pictures. emoEek