rsimms
Well-known member
I hate to be redundant... but once the tailwater cats turn on, they are pretty darn consistent. I suppose that's why I like taking people fishing for them.
There was a big difference between Sat. and Sunday however. Saturday Dan Griffith and his son Josh came back to fish for a third time with me. It was a banner day with three cats 20 lbs.-plus, and one that hit 30 lbs. On light spinning tackle, every one of those battles "took some minutes." The Griffiths took home a cooler full for the freezer. The first hour or so our problem was catching fish small enough to fit in the cooler. You can watch along as Josh battles several of them in the most recent selection on the <font color="#00008b">Scenic City Video Channel</font>.
Sunday was a somewhat different story. The fish were there but the "bigguns'" did a vanishing act. BTW, once again I had the fine honor of fishing with the one, but not only, Taylor Swift and HIS Dad, Kelly. This was the 4th time fishing with me for the Swifts.
I tried to get Taylor to sing for me, but he would have none of it. He's a college sophomore... last summer Taylor spent 75 days in Alaska, living in the wilderness in an Outdoor Leadership Training school. This summer he's working in a box factory... as his Dad said, "Back to the real world this summer."
But back to the fishing world.... we smoked some fish we just never could find a kicker. I can't even say we ever lost or broke one off. I suppose we made up for it with lots of quality channel cats which all fight like demons. And we had some good numbers of decent blues. I especially like the photo below of Taylor with a "matched set" of catfish. Of course our bait was my favorite... chicken breast with a few fish caught on cut bluegill. I used seven lbs. of chicken this weekend and there were very few chunks of it that didn't catch a fish.
Sam Simons and his partners caught one of my tagged cats... it was a 16 lber. that was caught and tagged last weekend in the same vicinity where they caught it. That was the first tag return. Just another reason life is good and gettin' better every day.
There was a big difference between Sat. and Sunday however. Saturday Dan Griffith and his son Josh came back to fish for a third time with me. It was a banner day with three cats 20 lbs.-plus, and one that hit 30 lbs. On light spinning tackle, every one of those battles "took some minutes." The Griffiths took home a cooler full for the freezer. The first hour or so our problem was catching fish small enough to fit in the cooler. You can watch along as Josh battles several of them in the most recent selection on the <font color="#00008b">Scenic City Video Channel</font>.
Sunday was a somewhat different story. The fish were there but the "bigguns'" did a vanishing act. BTW, once again I had the fine honor of fishing with the one, but not only, Taylor Swift and HIS Dad, Kelly. This was the 4th time fishing with me for the Swifts.
I tried to get Taylor to sing for me, but he would have none of it. He's a college sophomore... last summer Taylor spent 75 days in Alaska, living in the wilderness in an Outdoor Leadership Training school. This summer he's working in a box factory... as his Dad said, "Back to the real world this summer."
But back to the fishing world.... we smoked some fish we just never could find a kicker. I can't even say we ever lost or broke one off. I suppose we made up for it with lots of quality channel cats which all fight like demons. And we had some good numbers of decent blues. I especially like the photo below of Taylor with a "matched set" of catfish. Of course our bait was my favorite... chicken breast with a few fish caught on cut bluegill. I used seven lbs. of chicken this weekend and there were very few chunks of it that didn't catch a fish.
Sam Simons and his partners caught one of my tagged cats... it was a 16 lber. that was caught and tagged last weekend in the same vicinity where they caught it. That was the first tag return. Just another reason life is good and gettin' better every day.
