07-05-2015, 09:00 AM
Brent Frazee is an award-winning Outdoor Writer for the Kansas City Star. Brent has been at the outdoor writing biz for 35 years. We met when I was at a writer&#39;s junket on the White River in April. He told me he was headed to East Tennessee for a a meeting of the Outdoor Writers Association of America and sure would like to try out our catfishing.<br /><br />I told him I sure would like to take him. 
Monday was the day.<br /><br />A fishing guide is always nervous in the AM, wondering if you can find fish. I&#39;m always especially nervous when I have a writer on board. emoEek Pressure! Writers of course want to catch fish, but more importantly, they&#39;re looking for a &quot;picture fish.&quot;<br /><br />On the good side, I actually get to fish, and even reel them in. emoAngler <br /><br />On the better side, Brent and I started and within two minutes I put a 17-pound blue in the boat. Ten minutes later I hooked up with a hard-fighting 25-pounder. Ten minutes and two picture fish in the boat. As Brent said, &quot;I love it when a plan comes together.&quot;<br /><br />It was a good thing because it was all downhill from there. Not really, we caught about a dozen cats, totaling about 100 pounds, but they all came in the first two hours. Then I made the silly error of &quot;leaving fish to find fish,&quot; hunting for a BIG kicker. Didn&#39;t happen... but no matter. Brent had a great time, got some great pictures and was highly impressed with his morning on the Mighty Tennessee River. I believe Scenic City Fishing will get some good ink in Kansas City. I am also betting there will be some more &quot;chicken breast converts&quot; brought into the fold. Brent also shot a lot of video for their web page. That means life is good and gettin&#39; better every day.<br /><br />Of course he was doing all the picture taking.... I snapped one obligatory picture of him so this wouldn&#39;t be a fish tale. I&#39;ll share whatever Brent does whenever it comes together.<br />
Monday was the day.<br /><br />A fishing guide is always nervous in the AM, wondering if you can find fish. I&#39;m always especially nervous when I have a writer on board. emoEek Pressure! Writers of course want to catch fish, but more importantly, they&#39;re looking for a &quot;picture fish.&quot;<br /><br />On the good side, I actually get to fish, and even reel them in. emoAngler <br /><br />On the better side, Brent and I started and within two minutes I put a 17-pound blue in the boat. Ten minutes later I hooked up with a hard-fighting 25-pounder. Ten minutes and two picture fish in the boat. As Brent said, &quot;I love it when a plan comes together.&quot;<br /><br />It was a good thing because it was all downhill from there. Not really, we caught about a dozen cats, totaling about 100 pounds, but they all came in the first two hours. Then I made the silly error of &quot;leaving fish to find fish,&quot; hunting for a BIG kicker. Didn&#39;t happen... but no matter. Brent had a great time, got some great pictures and was highly impressed with his morning on the Mighty Tennessee River. I believe Scenic City Fishing will get some good ink in Kansas City. I am also betting there will be some more &quot;chicken breast converts&quot; brought into the fold. Brent also shot a lot of video for their web page. That means life is good and gettin&#39; better every day.<br /><br />Of course he was doing all the picture taking.... I snapped one obligatory picture of him so this wouldn&#39;t be a fish tale. I&#39;ll share whatever Brent does whenever it comes together.<br />