11-12-2013, 10:00 AM
After last week&#39;s success on the Smallmouth bass at Tims, Rick and I just had to get back out there again today. Beautiful day. Not a cloud in the sky and wind didn&#39;t pick up until late morning. By that time, we were both tired and ready to call it a day. It was so good to see Mallardecho (Bill) out there this morning. Thank you for the Smallmouth baits, Bill. I owe you one. <br /><br /> emoBig
<br /><br />We had more bites today (10) than last week, but caught less bass (3). Go figure. emoScratch 3 Smallies landed, 3 pulled off after a fight 1/2 way to the boat, and 4 missed hooksets. Rick was uttering 4 letter words and me being an old ex sailor, didn&#39;t hear anything that I hadn&#39;t heard before. I must confess that the language has improved very much over the past year or so. Keep working on it, Rick. Proud of you. 1 non-keeper Smallie around 16&#43; inches and 2 keepers. All fish released of course. <br /><br />Fish were caught about 25 feet deep on gravel, chunk rock bottom on structure. Wish that we had landed everyone that did bite our jigs today. I&#39;m getting to like this type of fishing. Waiting so long for the jig to hit bottom is a lot like crappie fishing on a delta structure on Chickamauga. I want to hit a day when they bite like a crappie school in a feeding frenzy. Woo Hoo. emoDance emoFish <br /><br />Thank you for taking me fishing today, Rick. You don&#39;t know how much I appreciate it. Looking forward to you guiding me again. You are a pretty good guide, but you suck at setting the hook. emoPoke JK<br /><br /> emoBig emoGeezer
<br /><br />We had more bites today (10) than last week, but caught less bass (3). Go figure. emoScratch 3 Smallies landed, 3 pulled off after a fight 1/2 way to the boat, and 4 missed hooksets. Rick was uttering 4 letter words and me being an old ex sailor, didn&#39;t hear anything that I hadn&#39;t heard before. I must confess that the language has improved very much over the past year or so. Keep working on it, Rick. Proud of you. 1 non-keeper Smallie around 16&#43; inches and 2 keepers. All fish released of course. <br /><br />Fish were caught about 25 feet deep on gravel, chunk rock bottom on structure. Wish that we had landed everyone that did bite our jigs today. I&#39;m getting to like this type of fishing. Waiting so long for the jig to hit bottom is a lot like crappie fishing on a delta structure on Chickamauga. I want to hit a day when they bite like a crappie school in a feeding frenzy. Woo Hoo. emoDance emoFish <br /><br />Thank you for taking me fishing today, Rick. You don&#39;t know how much I appreciate it. Looking forward to you guiding me again. You are a pretty good guide, but you suck at setting the hook. emoPoke JK<br /><br /> emoBig emoGeezer