10-23-2012, 09:00 AM
friday we got up and put the bait tank in the boat. We finally netted some shad and got to drifting. By the time we started the current was rolling. We moved up to chickamauga and fished around the dam with live bait. while we were fishing a 20 lb striper swam lazily up to the boat. I netted the striper to see if there was anything wrong with it. Seeing nothing I released him. It was pretty wild to see him pop up next to the boat like that. It's unfortunate that he had no interest in the shad I dangled in his face! we caught 5 or 6 bass just bouncing around the dam area. biggest was probably around 2 lbs. We also anchor fished for the cats a little bit and caught a 10 and a 20. Nothing special but a nice way to stay out of the wind and catch a few fish.