08-14-2009, 09:00 AM
Charlie Wrenn from Columbia, TN brought his son, Chase over to fish with me today. Chase is a philosophy professor at the University of Alabama... so there was definitely some &quot;deep thinking&quot; going on today.<br /><br />Weather was great at daylight... and launching boat I could see big numbers of stripe and/or bass busting like CRAZY up by the Dam. I rigged a couple of rods and we headed that way... and of course the fish went down... and didn&#39;t come back (at least while we were lookin&#39
. So we switched quickly back to cats.<br /><br />Around 8:30 or 9 somebody turned on the faucet. Glad my bilge pump was working. emoEek But we persevered, with a little help hiding for a while under CB Robinson Bridge. Today was pretty much a repeat of Saturday. We caught fish but it wasn&#39;t hot &amp; heavy. A fish here, a fish there... a double here, and then another double there... well-spaced out throughout the day. And in no particular spot... spent most of our time however drifting the channel between barge tie-offs and CB Robinson. Caught fish from 8 feet, down to 20 feet... of course all on chicken breast.<br /><br />The Wrenn&#39;s only wanted to keep a handful to take home and eat, so we didn&#39;t count total catch, We guessed 25 to 30 total. No stringer pics today, but it would have looked much like yesterday&#39;s. Biggest fish in the boat were a couple right at 10 pounds... however Chase had a bigger fish. He fought it a long time (on light tackle) until suddenly the fish zigged when Chase zagged, and they parted ways. I&#39;d say it was in 15-20 lb. range. But the big fish have been few and far between this weekend.<br /><br />No matter... I had a wonderful day, with every variety of weather, with a father-son team that have a great philosophy on life... and that mean&#39;s my life is good and gettin&#39; better every day!
. So we switched quickly back to cats.<br /><br />Around 8:30 or 9 somebody turned on the faucet. Glad my bilge pump was working. emoEek But we persevered, with a little help hiding for a while under CB Robinson Bridge. Today was pretty much a repeat of Saturday. We caught fish but it wasn&#39;t hot &amp; heavy. A fish here, a fish there... a double here, and then another double there... well-spaced out throughout the day. And in no particular spot... spent most of our time however drifting the channel between barge tie-offs and CB Robinson. Caught fish from 8 feet, down to 20 feet... of course all on chicken breast.<br /><br />The Wrenn&#39;s only wanted to keep a handful to take home and eat, so we didn&#39;t count total catch, We guessed 25 to 30 total. No stringer pics today, but it would have looked much like yesterday&#39;s. Biggest fish in the boat were a couple right at 10 pounds... however Chase had a bigger fish. He fought it a long time (on light tackle) until suddenly the fish zigged when Chase zagged, and they parted ways. I&#39;d say it was in 15-20 lb. range. But the big fish have been few and far between this weekend.<br /><br />No matter... I had a wonderful day, with every variety of weather, with a father-son team that have a great philosophy on life... and that mean&#39;s my life is good and gettin&#39; better every day!