Daniel Tn, Ft Loudon Tailwater, White bass and rockfish -- Foley Spoons, 09-18-15, Wife
We headed below the dam Friday evening before the crowds got there. The white bass were breaking big and this time around, we saw the foley spoon magic. Using the 1 5/8 size in white with a 1/2 oz sinker. I had a fish on my first cast...decided to try some 6 lb flouro as my leader and that was a good combo for getting bites but they kept breaking me off. I went back to 12 lb test and me and my wife literally lost count at the number of whites we caught. Some were pretty decent size. We had boats coming to us trying to catch fish and were blocking us from casting. At one time we had 4 boats trying to drift the breaks that I could have hit with my spoon. Every time they would motor back up stream, it would spook the shad and the whites would go crazy.
Then our catching attracted the attention of other bank fisherman. We finally had to leave cause I had 6 people to the right of me within a rods length and two on my left. I couldn't even cast anymore. Before they got so close, we was catching 10-12 to their 1. One of them asked me what I was using and if I had anymore. So I sold him one spoon, swivel, and sinker for $5
I think his buddies thought he was crazy and then after a few mins they were ready to throw him in and steal his rod. He started catchin fish too.
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We headed below the dam Friday evening before the crowds got there. The white bass were breaking big and this time around, we saw the foley spoon magic. Using the 1 5/8 size in white with a 1/2 oz sinker. I had a fish on my first cast...decided to try some 6 lb flouro as my leader and that was a good combo for getting bites but they kept breaking me off. I went back to 12 lb test and me and my wife literally lost count at the number of whites we caught. Some were pretty decent size. We had boats coming to us trying to catch fish and were blocking us from casting. At one time we had 4 boats trying to drift the breaks that I could have hit with my spoon. Every time they would motor back up stream, it would spook the shad and the whites would go crazy.
Then our catching attracted the attention of other bank fisherman. We finally had to leave cause I had 6 people to the right of me within a rods length and two on my left. I couldn't even cast anymore. Before they got so close, we was catching 10-12 to their 1. One of them asked me what I was using and if I had anymore. So I sold him one spoon, swivel, and sinker for $5
I think his buddies thought he was crazy and then after a few mins they were ready to throw him in and steal his rod. He started catchin fish too.
