07-13-2009, 09:00 AM
OUt for some fishing and a run. Took me awhile to find bait, but then I found plenty of it. Had a mix of threadfins and gizzards.<br /><br />It wasn&#39;t fast and furious, but there was some quality. Pointer hooked one right away, a keeper largemouth. Then I caught a keeper largemouth, about the same size. I then hooked a hard fighting channel cat. Pointer loses one right at her feet, then I get another threadfin out there. I got a nice bite and set hook. The fish stayed buried, and I&#39;m thinking another channel. So I handed the rod to pointer, she hasn&#39;t caught a catfish before. It continued to stay buried, then a trophy smallmouth surfaces. Then before I know it, it breaks off as it beelined right for Pointer&#39;s leg and wrapped up. Probably an easy 20 incher. We were out of threadfins by this point, so it was onto the gizzard shad. Usually I only get 1-2 bites on those. Within 10 seconds, Pointer had thrown one out, she got a nice steady pull. I could tell it was a nice fish. She was getting pretty excited, then a big largemout surfaced. I attached 2 pics of it, the guide has to take a pic every once in awhile with the big one just for fun. Then we hammered out 3 miles and called it a day.<br /><br />Great fun from the bank, and I&#39;m glad I now have the bank and boat option.