Nickajack 4.7.06 Striper/Smallmouth

[JerDog]

Fished today with my brother and his 2 of his kids....we fished hard for stripers but non were there again! No stripers touched all week in 4 trips We got threadfins and drifted for a good hour and nothing...then got out the umbrella rig and nothing! There were several boats out there and i did not see anyone catch anything except for a small drum.

Saw Benny Hull (the Stump Bumper) out there but he headed home right around the time the dam kicked on.

We had to get the boys some fish so we headed down stream and trolled some Rattle Traps. We worked a point where the water went from 5-15 feet and on the drop had a 6lb smallmouth slam a rattle trap. This is the first time I have caught something big on a rattle trap (chrome, black top, 1/4 oz), and am hooked on them after spending 2 days with them trolling. The fish was 21inches with a girth of 16inches. I did not have a scale but 6lbs seemed about right. Anyone else catch a 21 incher? Is that weight correct. She was a fat one!

We caught one other fish, a whitebass, so a pretty slow day but got one that is "wall-material" for my brother who caught the fish.

 

[jon the fisherman]

RE: Nickajack 3.7.06 Striper/Smallmouth

Nice smallies. Looks like those kids had a good time.

 

[flip1up]

That fish is colored up real nice, good looking smallie.

 

[HangnMoss]

The accepted formula for bass is:

Length x Length x Girth ÷ 1200

That works out to 5.88 lbs for your fish.


If it was full of eggs, it could run a bit heavier.


Nice smallmouth, btw.

 

[polo-dog]

Great fish JerDog. Beautiful coloration. Big smiles too. Way to go.

 

[JerDog]

Hey so my 6lbs was pretty close then...that is a great formula...I'll have to keep that one. Is that the formula you use for only smallmouth, or most fish in general?

Everyone was still talking about that fish here today, the boys had a great time and a little sun-burnt! Get the sun-screeen out if you don't yet.

 

[flip1up]

That one was a fatty, probably 6 or better.

 

[slo-ride]

beautiful smallie, JerDog!!!