02-09-2014, 10:00 AM
Dr Phil called me and told me that he had to be off the water by 10:30 this AM, and asked if I was interested in trying to catch a fish. With cabin fever at peak, of course I said yes. We were the loners to put in at Tyner Lane.<br /><br />We hit the water just before 9 and got in almost 2 hours of fishing. Here is the report.<br /><br />Weather: cloudy, slight bitter cold wind, murky water, but not too bad in the river.<br />Water temp: 40.5<br />Lures: Bobby Garland and Panfish Assassin<br />Only color they would hit: Monkey Milk/tail light, and green moon panfish assassin/tail light on 1/32 oz jig heads<br />Presentation: dead sticking. Fish on or near bottom.<br />Results: 3 keepers (12.25 inch) and 3 nine inch fish, one with a lamprey eel attached. Eel is now extinct.<br />Location: Bluff most of the time and 1 dock for a very few minutes just before quitting<br />Observations: saw lots of fish on the graph in both locations, but with the water temps being what they were, the fish were very sluggish. We each missed a couple more bites on the bluff that we should/could/would have had if everything was perfect. <br />Solunar times: major peak at 4:40 AM, so we missed that one. Minor peak at 10:50 AM, so we were off the water before then. emoBang <br /><br />We saw several other people out fishing today that must have had cabin fever too. Didn&#39;t get close enough to talk to any of them though.<br /><br />After 58 crappie in January, we are off to a blazing start for February. Looking for some early Spring. I have so many things that I want to fish for this year, how can I ever get it all in? <br /><br />Bucket list for 2014: Catch a tarp bluegill. <br /> Catch several yellow perch for the freezer. <br /> Put Candi on a 20&#43; lb Striped Bass. <br /> Take some new people crappie fishing.<br /> Fish with EricM.<br /> Fish with Labman.<br /> Catch a 3 lb Black Nose Crappie from Tims Ford.<br /> Catch a stupid Walleye from anywhere.<br /> Take Mrs Drumking fishing more this year.<br /> Fish the Dog Crappie Tournament.<br /> Win AOY in the CFF bass tournament season. emoPoke emoPoke <br /> Catch a tarp LM or other specie so that I can get the MA III award from TWRA. (it takes 10 different species <br /> and I have 8 at the moment.<br /> Have a great time with the students from Chattanooga Christian School the middle of this month.<br /><br />Other things too numerous to mention. <br /> emoBig emoGeezer