Nauticman, Upper Nickajack, Smallmouth Bass, etc., 2/9/14, FirstLight

[Nauticman]

Pete Jr. took me fishing yestd. out of Riverpark. The flow was 57K cfs with a few gates open, the surface temp was 39-40. He put me on a nice 5 lb. 9 oz. TARP smallie - THANKS, Man! It hit a jig/pig, tangled my line in the lower unit, got untangled and came to net. I was lucky to get it in the boat! Pete hooked a smallie in the 4-5 lb. range on a spinner bait that got off right at the boat. Later he got his keeper smallie (19.25 in.) on a tube. Made us glad to both get a keeper smallie as tough as its been. We also got a couple of decent spots and a boatload of drum. All fish released.

I complained about the tough smallie fishing in my last post. Well, we had to work for them yestd. too. We spent 9 hours on the water. We did take a leisurely lunch break during which Elwest (Earl) stopped by and we had a nice chat. He also complained about the difficult smallmouth fishery.

 

[VolsFan24]

Man smallies are beautiful! Good job and thanks for the report. Sounds like you did better than everyone I talked to and have seen post a report on here lately, except for the team that won the Frostbite tourney with like 30lbs.

 

[rsimms]

Awesome fish! Thanks for sharing... just proves that there are rewards for those who are willing to "do the work."

 

[jpdavidm]

Great job nice and healthy looking fish..

 

[Javelin33]

Way to catch a few. There's not a fish I've seen prettier than a smallie. Hopefully it'll get better down there!

 

[drumking]

Beautiful Smallie, Pete. Great report. Thanks for sharing. Healthy spots too. How come I didn't see the Drum pic? emoBigsmile emoGeezer

 

[Nauticman]

drumking - 2/10/2014 11:56 AM

Beautiful Smallie, Pete. Great report. Thanks for sharing. Healthy spots too. How come I didn't see the Drum pic? emoBigsmile emoGeezer

Sorry, Dickey, we don't take pics of drum any more. We do catch a lot of them down there and they vary in color. Some are silver, some are a pretty copper color, some are brown like a smallie and some are in between. We'll post a pic of one or two of your pets next time. emoSorry

 

[swamp]

Awesome fish! Thanks for sharing... just proves that there are rewards for those who are willing to "do the work".
+1

 

[mocs-tr20]

big ole brownie... great job guys

 

[DinkDink]

Nice smallies guys. I was with Earl yesterday and we had a tough day. Good talking with you guys and Im glad y'all had a good day.

 

[BassERT]

Excellent report!
That looks like FUN! emoThumbsup

emoCool

 

[Juggo]

Wow, those as Smallies are beautiful. Awesome pics!

 

[outcaster]

Nice smallie!!!

 

[Purplebull]

Looks like a good trip to me...Any day with a smallie or two that size is a good one..Congrats

 

[BILL DANTZ]

Good report, good looking bronzebacks! Thanks for posting.

 

[pop22]

Real nice smallie. Good day on river.

 

[rusty50576]

Awesome fish and pictures

 

[elwestb]

Pete, you guys have hurt my feelings bad! WTG!

 

[fchupaska]

emoThumbsup

 

[theweekender]

Nice fish. Nice pics. Congrats!