rsimms, Nickajack (Riverpark), Catfish & The Mighty Gar, 8-9-2009, Happy Birthday Hugh

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Hugh Herrington came over from Pulaski to visit family. Today is his 54th birthday emoParty and he decided he wanted to spend it sampling some Scenic City catfish with his son, T.<br /><br />When I saw the generation schedule at "Zero," I knew it was going to be a tough trip. Hugh has catfished a lot in North Alabama but said, "we always catch little ones." We didn't catch big numbers, but we managed to get him a personal best. A couple of personal best's actually, the biggest was 18#. After we beat on the cats a while in "dead water," Hugh and T said they wouldn't mind sampling some gar (which were out in force in the dead water).<br /><br />That was some fun... we tangled with several and 2 or 3 biggun's. Just something special about catching those prehistoric beasties.<br /><br />They finally gave us a little water at 11 am and we went back to messing with the cats, catching several good eaters before the sun climbed high and we bailed. A tough cat bite today, but a PB Birthday Blue means life is good and gettin' better every day.<br />