Sterling Catfish (7-30)

[rsimms]

Like MrWhiskers, I too headed out again today. Not necessarily in prep for the CAT BATTLE. I'm fishing for that almight dollar (sort of ). Today was a blast. Enjoyed a return visit from the Lehman family from Dickson, TN. The last trip 14-year-old Sterling didn't get to come. He made up for it today. We hammered a cooler full of channel cats first thing in the AM, then we went in search of the Big Boys. It didn't take Sterling long. A 22-lber. just about pulled his pants off. Wish you could have seen that boy's eyes when that fish first showed itself. Dad caught a small (10-pound) fish and then Sterling took 'em to the mat again. This time when line starting screaming off the Garcia I knew we were into a serious cat battle. You should have heard those two boys hootin' and hollerin'. Tellico00 was in earhsot of us and said it was "sweet music." It took some minutes and I wasn't sure Sterling was up to the task, but I was wrong. When the 31-pounder hit the bottom of the boat, there was more hootin' and hollerin'. I was just as proud of Sterling's brother Austin. Most youngsters that age would be jealous of a sibling under such circumstances. Not Austin... he was rootin' his brother on and I think just as proud as if he'd caught it. Have I ever said "I love this job!" emoSmile

 

[Bprice]

Great cats Richard! Man i love seeing youngins like that fishing. The brother story is right on, I love fishing with my little brother, always a blast, but yeah there were a few jealous moments

Minner and I are really looking forward to fishing with you.

 

[MrWiskers]

Nice!!!

 

[Guest]

That was me and my wife that was waving up at the dam. We had our bimini top up (black one) today. She caught a couple of channels at the dam. I was catching shad. We didn't get a bite at the spot where I saw you last Sunday. Even brought some of the bait that you talked about. We were happy to hear that you guys got into some good ones!

 

[rsimms]

whisler11 - 7/30/2006 4:45 PM
That was me and my wife that was waving up at the dam. We had our bimini top up (black one) today. She caught a couple of channels at the dam. I was catching shad. We didn't get a bite at the spot where I saw you last Sunday. Even brought some of the bait that you talked about. We were happy to hear that you guys got into some good ones!

I thought that was you... but I got thrown off because you were in a lot better lookin' company! emoBigsmile
My clients were wishing I had one of those bimini tops today! We chased "big fish" for about three hours and got 3 bites. Fortunately they were good bites.

 

[drumking]

Just love the smiles on the kids faces when they catch a big-un. Way to go Richard.emoGeezer