SpurHunter, TN River, Catfish, 12-4-11, WLG

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<br /> <br /> So to get ready for a trip wit a guy coming down from Maryland Saturday, Wade and I figured we would run the boat and check some good locations for hungry fish. <br />Truck ran, boat ran, found all the tackle I was looking for, and even remembered bait. This was already better than most trips we take! Since the weather was so nice, temps in the low 60's, sun shining we didn't even have to take a ton of clothes either. <br /> <br />We hit two places Wade has been catching some small fish in the 30-50 lb range, we got three good bites and caught a 30 and a 37 lb blue. One other just came unbuttoned after hooking up, and then while a baby fish was trying to steal the bait, it got hooked, ended up being a stupid 8 lb channel cat. Of course Wade had to keep the streak alive and lose my third anchor of the year, (3 each of the last 4 years, emoBang emoBang !) <br /> <br />Off to the next hole, and while scanning the bottom with sonar, I spied a great looking place that may hold some spawning fish...we had to check it out. I had been doing some house cleaning on the boat while Wade maned the wheel, but took over in case I destroyed a prop, this way I would be pissed at myself and not Wade. <br /> <br />We had to go around a now exposed island to get into the channel on the other side. Before we knew what happened, we had bottomed out. So far the prop was ok, and we dropped the trolling motor to get us out....yea right. We were now in 18" of water....STUCK. Water temp, 48*. <br />The river is EMPTY, not a boat in sight since its winter, and the water is down. What the hell are we going to do?? <br /> <br />Dark is closing fast on us, and we decide its get out and hoof it time. I carry two ATV covers I bought to go around my console and sink cabinet, so me and Wade strip off shoes and socks, and climb in these things and into the drink we go. This is when we find out they are not water-proof.... <br /> <br />30 Minutes of heaving and sinking into the mud, we get it into deep enough water to float. What didn't get wet, was now drenched in sweat. We idled back to the ramp to dry off without freezing to death, but when we got there we both felt good enough to go fish some more! HAHA <br /> <br />Turned out we had worn our welcome, we didn't catch another fish. <br />