rsimms
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rsimms, Nickajack (Riverpark), Catfish (w/video), July 2-3, 2011, The Bowers and The Boyds
We got the Holiday Blues... not the kind you might think. These blues were catfish, with a few channel cats thrown in for good measure.</p>
Saturday I fished with Michael Bowers and his sons, Chris and Austin. Michael and Austin live in Knoxville while Chris is in Atlanta, so the Scenic City was a good place to "meet in the middle." We fished hard, right through the heat. It was just solid, consistent fishing most of the day... drifting chicken breast through 10 to 25 feet of water. </p>
I actually kept an accurate count of fish today... I usually don't, but some reason I put the fish clicker into action. When we quit about 4 pm we had put 45 catfish in the boat, with several misses and a few lost fish. We never found that "kicker" fish on this day. The biggest fish were in the 8 or 9 lb. range. But check out the incredible fat belly on one of the little pig blues that Austin caught.</p>
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Sunday it was back out with Lyle and Juanita Boyd from Asheville, NC who came to Chattanooga for a Holiday getaway. TVA threw us a curve ball and didn't crank up any generators until 10 am. But we managed to find one or two sweet spots in the dead water and put several nice fish in the boat. After they cranked up generators, we started drifting and right off the bat Juanita reels in a big 20 lb. blue! It didn't happen in a hurry. On light tackle it took Juanita a while to get the brute boatside.</p>
We called it a day about 12:30 so the Boyd's could head back for Asheville with a great taste of Tennessee River catfishing. That means life is good and gettin' better every day.</p>
<font size="4">A Short Video Clip</font></p>
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We got the Holiday Blues... not the kind you might think. These blues were catfish, with a few channel cats thrown in for good measure.</p>
Saturday I fished with Michael Bowers and his sons, Chris and Austin. Michael and Austin live in Knoxville while Chris is in Atlanta, so the Scenic City was a good place to "meet in the middle." We fished hard, right through the heat. It was just solid, consistent fishing most of the day... drifting chicken breast through 10 to 25 feet of water. </p>
I actually kept an accurate count of fish today... I usually don't, but some reason I put the fish clicker into action. When we quit about 4 pm we had put 45 catfish in the boat, with several misses and a few lost fish. We never found that "kicker" fish on this day. The biggest fish were in the 8 or 9 lb. range. But check out the incredible fat belly on one of the little pig blues that Austin caught.</p>
<font size="4">A Short Video Clip</font></p>
Sunday it was back out with Lyle and Juanita Boyd from Asheville, NC who came to Chattanooga for a Holiday getaway. TVA threw us a curve ball and didn't crank up any generators until 10 am. But we managed to find one or two sweet spots in the dead water and put several nice fish in the boat. After they cranked up generators, we started drifting and right off the bat Juanita reels in a big 20 lb. blue! It didn't happen in a hurry. On light tackle it took Juanita a while to get the brute boatside.</p>
We called it a day about 12:30 so the Boyd's could head back for Asheville with a great taste of Tennessee River catfishing. That means life is good and gettin' better every day.</p>
<font size="4">A Short Video Clip</font></p>
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