Had my first "Blind Date" with a fellow CFF member this morning. Several days ago, WS6Clint PM'ed me and invited me to chase some smallies with him. So, we met up at the Riverpark this morning at 6AM. I can only guess that after reading so many posts from me about fishing the river, That I should know alot about. Well, I sure showed him!!
First off, let me say that Clint is one of the finest young men I have ever met. All day long it was yes, sir this and no, sir that. He is a well-raised young man. He is also highly skilled with a rod & reel. He can cast long and accurately! Which is a good thing because his skill at boat positioning leaves a bit to be desired. emoLaugh He knows what I mean!
Also, we both were foolish enough to believe the weather forecast for this morning. You know, Sunny with a small chance of afternoon and evening thundershowers. We spent about 30 minutes under C.B. Robinson bridge during a deluge which would have been OK except for about a minute of a 60-80 MPH windburst. We both got drenched!
Finally, to the fishing! We went up to the dam to start. Clint had never been above the RR bridge, so I show him what he needed to look out for in that area. We started out throwing top water in the current. Shad were busting all around us but no luck. I caught the first bass of the day off the wing wall on a tube. The fish itself was nothing special except that it was the first fish on the "Emory River" custom rod by Jon The Fisherman. I love the rod!!!
We celebrated Diversity today. We caught Largemouth, smallmouth, & spotted bass. We caught large long-eared sunfish, small war mouth, and & blue cat of 5-6 pounds. We caught maybe 10 bass total, with Clint getting the largest, about 15". So, not a particularly great day of fishing, but the beginning of a great friendship.
Oh, yeah! Clint likes rip-rap too!
First off, let me say that Clint is one of the finest young men I have ever met. All day long it was yes, sir this and no, sir that. He is a well-raised young man. He is also highly skilled with a rod & reel. He can cast long and accurately! Which is a good thing because his skill at boat positioning leaves a bit to be desired. emoLaugh He knows what I mean!
Also, we both were foolish enough to believe the weather forecast for this morning. You know, Sunny with a small chance of afternoon and evening thundershowers. We spent about 30 minutes under C.B. Robinson bridge during a deluge which would have been OK except for about a minute of a 60-80 MPH windburst. We both got drenched!
Finally, to the fishing! We went up to the dam to start. Clint had never been above the RR bridge, so I show him what he needed to look out for in that area. We started out throwing top water in the current. Shad were busting all around us but no luck. I caught the first bass of the day off the wing wall on a tube. The fish itself was nothing special except that it was the first fish on the "Emory River" custom rod by Jon The Fisherman. I love the rod!!!
We celebrated Diversity today. We caught Largemouth, smallmouth, & spotted bass. We caught large long-eared sunfish, small war mouth, and & blue cat of 5-6 pounds. We caught maybe 10 bass total, with Clint getting the largest, about 15". So, not a particularly great day of fishing, but the beginning of a great friendship.
Oh, yeah! Clint likes rip-rap too!
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