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Carl Guffey, Little River, Smallmouth, Redeye, and Stone Rollers, 6/24/2015, Kathy Smith - FishNews - 07-01-2015
<br /> Fun Day on the river. Decided to go wade Little River and chase some of my favorite fish. I invited my friend Kathy Smith to try some fishing that she had never done before. Kathy is a very accomplished tournament fisher-person but she had never gotten up close and personal by wading. We got on the water by 6:00 am and started by capturing some bait. We eased into the water and began seining to catch some Grampus(hellgrammites). After a lengthy search we finally had a few and decided to get started. We put in at the Old Wilson&#39;s Bridge just off of 321. At the end of the day we had traveled about 5 water miles over some very tough terrain. Not so much up and down unless you count all of my falls and slips. There is a lot of aquatic vegetation, but the very next large flat rock would be so slick you couldn&#39;t pick yourself up after landing on it. lol Then there would be thousands of golf ball size or a little bigger that were so slick they would not stick to the bottom. About like walking on golf balls on a slope. My knees look like they have been run threw a meat grinder and I am sore all over. That was the tough part.<br /> The fun part was catching quality fish on a gorgeous river and being pretty much to yourself. Despite the tough walk, collecting bait(except having to hold them), numerous dunks and scrapes, Kathy was all
s and excitement. She can&#39;t wait to go again. She also caught a couple of the largest Redeyes, smallmouth, and two stonerollers. Just another great day on the water.<br /> Redeyes are my favorite pan fish to eat. After a hard day on the water there is nothing better then a large platter of fried Redeye and some home made chips. <br />