rsimms
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rsimms, Nickajack (Riverpark), Smallmouth (HOF on video) and Cats, 10-30-2011, SSGT. Brown & Mom
After being deployed in Afghanistan for a year, SSGT. Rob Brown needed a fishing fix bad! And just one day, yesterday, wasn't going to get it. So we headed out again Sunday for Round 2.
We headed up and saw DrumKing and the Doc. I was scared those two pros would put me to shame in front of my clients emoBawl , so I skeedaddled downriver... admitting to DK that I WOULD be cheating (using live bait). emoBigsmile
After about an hour or two of no fish, missed strikes, lost fish and even broken lines... I feared I'd made a horrible error. But FINALLY we got on a couple of spots that started producing for us.
Yesterday Rob's Mom sort of put it on him, and he REALLY wanted a quality smallmouth. He got it. emoApplause His big smallmouth today was an inch shorter than Mom's, but more girth. They weighed the exact same... 4.2 lbs.
Before our day ended Rob counted up and figured we caught seven different species of fish. I stuck a pretty good cat on the light tackle, and as you can see on video, Rob and Ronnie refused to take the handoff. Ronnie got a respectable 3 lb. smallie while I was fighting the big cat (16 lbs.) ... and then Rob got into a great battle with a big drum.
Since I was rolling video today, I only took one still picture (but it's a NICE one). CLICK HERE TO WATCH A FUN LITTLE VIDEO (FYI, my on-screen clock is set an hour slow).
It was just a REALLY fun day with REALLY fun people. That means life is good and gettin' better everyday!
After being deployed in Afghanistan for a year, SSGT. Rob Brown needed a fishing fix bad! And just one day, yesterday, wasn't going to get it. So we headed out again Sunday for Round 2.
We headed up and saw DrumKing and the Doc. I was scared those two pros would put me to shame in front of my clients emoBawl , so I skeedaddled downriver... admitting to DK that I WOULD be cheating (using live bait). emoBigsmile
After about an hour or two of no fish, missed strikes, lost fish and even broken lines... I feared I'd made a horrible error. But FINALLY we got on a couple of spots that started producing for us.
Yesterday Rob's Mom sort of put it on him, and he REALLY wanted a quality smallmouth. He got it. emoApplause His big smallmouth today was an inch shorter than Mom's, but more girth. They weighed the exact same... 4.2 lbs.
Before our day ended Rob counted up and figured we caught seven different species of fish. I stuck a pretty good cat on the light tackle, and as you can see on video, Rob and Ronnie refused to take the handoff. Ronnie got a respectable 3 lb. smallie while I was fighting the big cat (16 lbs.) ... and then Rob got into a great battle with a big drum.
Since I was rolling video today, I only took one still picture (but it's a NICE one). CLICK HERE TO WATCH A FUN LITTLE VIDEO (FYI, my on-screen clock is set an hour slow).
It was just a REALLY fun day with REALLY fun people. That means life is good and gettin' better everyday!
