03-02-2012, 10:00 AM
There we wuz! The 3 amigos minus one. Guess which one chickened out on us today? He drives the Soddy Daisy taxi service if you are guessing or ever need a ride. <br /><br />Anyhow, I had my boat hooked up and had just pulled it out of my basement this morning and was making sure that I had everything in it or out of it that I needed when the MadBomber called. He asked me if I was on the river and I said no, but my boat is hooked up and ready to go. He proposed that I go with him, but I quickly nixed that idea. I&#39;ll let him tell you what I said to him. emoBig
<br /> <br />I met MB at the Riverpark, but before he got there, Labman was just parking his vehicle after launching his boat. We chatted for a few minutes until MB got there. Norman was fishing alone. <br /><br />Now to the fishing report. Very early up by the locks, MB and I both connected at the same time to get the skunk off the boat for the both of us. I had a white bass and he had a bluegill. Then I proceeded to catch nearly all the rest of the fish. It got so bad that he had to get one of my lures to score his next fish. I only say that because I know that I&#39;m gonna get drug through the washing machine for the way that I treated him today. emoBig <br /><br />It wasn&#39;t a great day, but I did catch in addition to the white bass, 1 keeper bluegill, 1 crappie, 2 nice keeper spots, one largemouth that weighed 3.5 and 2 big drum. First one about 8 lbs and the 2nd one about 12 lbs. I kept the 12 pounder to try the recipe that Mumpy posted the other day. I&#39;ll say this for the drum. It was the fattest, slickest, fish that I have ever tried to clean. I didn&#39;t get enough meat off of it to justify killing the fish. But, after I cleaned it, got all the red out, all the fat out, and washed it under a garden hose until it quit foaming, I must admit that the meat looks just like a striped bass. It is soaking in the buttermilk as we speak. It sits there for 24 hours, then a change of buttermilk, coating with Zatarains, and deep fried. I&#39;ll let you guys know how it tastes. But, regardless, it is probably my last drum to keep. Too much trouble cleaning the beast. <br /><br />I only fish with one lure today. It was a 1/4 oz shadhead jig that I poured and powder painted and I had glued on a 3.5 inch swimming super fluke Jr. Don&#39;t try finding any of those. All the bass guys that are fishing with the Alabama rigs have cleaned them out. Zoom can&#39;t make enough of them to keep up with the demand. emoBang Stupid fad.<br /><br />MadBomber will post the pics later on this evening. He is running errands right now and he took all the pics today. I will post a pic of the cleaned drum. That&#39;s all I took today. emoBig emoGeezer
<br /> <br />I met MB at the Riverpark, but before he got there, Labman was just parking his vehicle after launching his boat. We chatted for a few minutes until MB got there. Norman was fishing alone. <br /><br />Now to the fishing report. Very early up by the locks, MB and I both connected at the same time to get the skunk off the boat for the both of us. I had a white bass and he had a bluegill. Then I proceeded to catch nearly all the rest of the fish. It got so bad that he had to get one of my lures to score his next fish. I only say that because I know that I&#39;m gonna get drug through the washing machine for the way that I treated him today. emoBig <br /><br />It wasn&#39;t a great day, but I did catch in addition to the white bass, 1 keeper bluegill, 1 crappie, 2 nice keeper spots, one largemouth that weighed 3.5 and 2 big drum. First one about 8 lbs and the 2nd one about 12 lbs. I kept the 12 pounder to try the recipe that Mumpy posted the other day. I&#39;ll say this for the drum. It was the fattest, slickest, fish that I have ever tried to clean. I didn&#39;t get enough meat off of it to justify killing the fish. But, after I cleaned it, got all the red out, all the fat out, and washed it under a garden hose until it quit foaming, I must admit that the meat looks just like a striped bass. It is soaking in the buttermilk as we speak. It sits there for 24 hours, then a change of buttermilk, coating with Zatarains, and deep fried. I&#39;ll let you guys know how it tastes. But, regardless, it is probably my last drum to keep. Too much trouble cleaning the beast. <br /><br />I only fish with one lure today. It was a 1/4 oz shadhead jig that I poured and powder painted and I had glued on a 3.5 inch swimming super fluke Jr. Don&#39;t try finding any of those. All the bass guys that are fishing with the Alabama rigs have cleaned them out. Zoom can&#39;t make enough of them to keep up with the demand. emoBang Stupid fad.<br /><br />MadBomber will post the pics later on this evening. He is running errands right now and he took all the pics today. I will post a pic of the cleaned drum. That&#39;s all I took today. emoBig emoGeezer