rsimms
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Man, what a way to start the New Year! emoParty We kicked some brown fish butt today. Went out with my good friend Ed McCoy (even if he is a War Eagle emoBigsmile ). Ed has caught a smallmouth or two by accident. This was his first time ever trying to catch one "on purpose." He done good! emoThumbsup Loaded up on Jack's shiners and hit the river before sunrise. His first fish was a spot, just to break the ice. His second fish was a decent brown fish... his third fish was a BIG brown fish. We were fishing crappie rods with 4 lb. test line and it was a battle royale just as the sun broke the horizon. When the battle was done, Ed put 22 inches of smallmouth in the boat. All I had was my spring-loaded 50 lb. catfish scales which showed him over 5#. The fish calculator (22 length - 14.25 girth) puts him at 5 lb.s 8 oz. Not bad for your first time to ever try to catch a smallmouth on purpose. We bass fished about four hours. Ed did let me catch a few, included a couple in the 3 lb. class. We ended with 7 smallmouth and 6 spots. Then Ed left to go watch Auburn win. I kept drowning shiners but bass would not nothing after water shut off at Noon. But hit one of my catfish holes up toward the Dam and used up the remainder on multiple blues, 5 - 10 lbs... and lost three big cats on the light tackle. An absolute great day on the water. I think 2007 is going to be a very good year! emoBigsmile
