HBSP dog fight 9/7/2006

[churly]

Alot of boats showed up for a breezy night of fishing. Chris and I have a club Tx Saturday so we decided not to beat up the same stuff. We started on a hump and before the other boats were out of site I landed a solid keeper. We bumped around trying some new stuff with no luck. Chris caught a couple of small fish that were schooling on top. Caught 2 shorties off of a shallower hump right at dark. We thought we were going to choke again and at about 8:45 he put a nice 16" fish in the well. Then I nailed one that was fat as a beach ball but 14 7/8". At 9:10, I felt a slight resistance on the line and landed another solid keeper. I thought we had an easy 7.5lbs, but ended with 6.94Lbs and third place. Corey Nichols won with 7.30 and nice fish ( cant remeber the weight but close to 4lbs.) Big fish was 4.5lbs and I guess the high pressure, full moon, and no water movement combined to make it a touugher than usual night. I got a chance to introduce myself to BassBullet who had some fish and got a courtesy weight of 5 something. ( she did not participate in the Tx). Meeting her brought something to my attention: I guess my picture makes me look older than I am. BB thought I was an older gent. I am 28. Great evening to be out!

 

[2jigs]

I thought you were about 45 years old, HmmemoLaugh emoLaugh emoToast

 

[fishinvol]

Hey 2jigs,how did your "money hole" turn out tonight?

 

[churly]

Its the miles 2jigs! not the years!

 

[2jigs]

Yea I hear ya, the miles oh how they do add up. Heck I could tell you stories that would make your dog blush.emoRedface Oh and the money hole didn't work out too good. I keep wanting to leave but I was afraid about the time I did they would come up in the jumps. As it turns out, right around the corner where I was headed, BassBullet was killing them. She said she got 15 fish in 15 cast. Now that's my kinda fishin!

 

[Jig-Junky]

Congrats to Churly! Glad you guys got in the money.

We saw BassBullet too.....talked to her at the ramp and we figured she had 6.5-7#'s. They looked bigger that 5 something.

We got skunked last night. Bad decisions....that's what I'm blaming it on. We camped out on two spots that had been steady producers recently....waiting for them so move up.....but it must have been dollar night at the %$#*@ bar......nobody was home. Caught 8....all short.

We'll get em next week.

 

[carolf29]

It is your pic Churly.... I thought you were older until i saw a pic of you in a fishing post.

 

[Bprice]

Good report! Churly I think we should start the CFF Under 30 Club

 

[Corynichols_1]

How about the under 20 club

 

[churly]

Part of the draw to the forum for me lies in the fact that I can extract info from some of our tribal elders who have many more years experience on the waters than you or me!emoGeezer emoEek

I wont mention any names!

 

[Guest]

Wish I could of been there. Boat still in shop and I also had to work. Congrats to the winners!!!!

 

[polo-dog]

No flow, no go. You are right churly about the flow, it really is a downer when it's off. Does anyone have a solution to when there is decreased flow? Does it affect the shallow grass bass bite when it's slow? Just curious if some one has any good ideas of what to do when TVA gets stingey.