05-17-2011, 09:00 AM
<br />We mostly played around with a bass bite this morning, which was terrible. White bass were plentiful. I did land one spot downriver along riprap, and we put a few other white bass/channels in the boat. At the dam we landed a pretty good number of white bass, the ones that were big enough to inhale a shad or shiner. Most of the shad were just skinned up.<br /> <br />I hooked a good fish after awhile and handed it to Dad, then it made a jump. I&#39;m assuming, oh it&#39;s a nice sized smallmouth. I didn&#39;t see the jump, only heard it. Then, it peels a fair amount of drag. Dad gets tired after awhile and hands the rod to me. Now, we are below the railroad bridge. I am totally 
by this point, as it was big and agile, so I didn&#39;t think it was a drum or blue. It would have been a world record smallmouth. What is this? Dad gets his energy back and I pass the rod. We got the big surprise of the year, a sturgeon! Holy cow, what a fight and I have never held one before, only got to pet them at the aquarium. It was really cool. After that, we put about 5 cats in the boat on my last piece of chicken breast. We found the bigger blue cat line with each 1 piece left, and a big fish broke us both off. Time to change line, I guess 500 plus pounds of fish from the weekend will do that to light line.<br /> <br />We finished up with lunch at Nick&#39;s Deli. What a surprise for my dad and me. That probably won&#39;t happen again!<br /> <br />If I get bored enough I might go later, but I am wiped and really sore from a bulging hand from a blue sticking me yesterday with its fin.<br /> <br />
by this point, as it was big and agile, so I didn&#39;t think it was a drum or blue. It would have been a world record smallmouth. What is this? Dad gets his energy back and I pass the rod. We got the big surprise of the year, a sturgeon! Holy cow, what a fight and I have never held one before, only got to pet them at the aquarium. It was really cool. After that, we put about 5 cats in the boat on my last piece of chicken breast. We found the bigger blue cat line with each 1 piece left, and a big fish broke us both off. Time to change line, I guess 500 plus pounds of fish from the weekend will do that to light line.<br /> <br />We finished up with lunch at Nick&#39;s Deli. What a surprise for my dad and me. That probably won&#39;t happen again!<br /> <br />If I get bored enough I might go later, but I am wiped and really sore from a bulging hand from a blue sticking me yesterday with its fin.<br /> <br />