07-12-2015, 09:00 AM
What a roller coaster of emotions I have gone through today. Today was the 1st opportunity I&#39;ve had to take my Step-Son Micah fishing in 7 years. We get to the Park and my motor won&#39;t crank!! Dejectedly, we go back home. I&#39;m thinking my &amp;quot;phantom&amp;quot; ignition problem has come to stay. I asked Micah to push the key in so I can listen to make sure the choke is working. Well, he does and then turns the key and cranks the motor. It fires!! I put the ear muffs on the water intake and ran it for a while. Then we go back to the river.<br /> We go down the Chatt State bank from the sand bar to the last pier and then cross over to the other side and fish a couple hundred yards of the mud bank with blowdowns. I switched to a big spinnerbait there. We used Middle N&#39;s otherwise.<br /> We caught 17 bass in the 2 1/2 hrs we fished. Micah got a 4lb LM and a 2lb SM for his best. My best were a couple of keeper sized spots and I lost a SM of 2-3 lbs on the Spinnerbait.<br /> We had a great time together after all.<br /> <br />