Tuesday fishing with Fishinvol 1-16-07

[drumking]

Fishinvol and I went to Watts Bar tailwaters this AM to see if we could catch any stripers. No luck on stripers, but Chris did get the catch of the day up there. See pic below. I'm going to have to give up my title as drumking. He caught the only drum today up there. One small yellow bass and that was it for us up there.

We drove to Dayton and put in at the boat dock and fished the creek for about 4 hours or so. We caught a lot of bluegills (some nice ones) 6 keeper crappie and about 15 or so non-keepers. Chris did manage to catch 2 warmouths.

Was it ever windy and bitter wind chill. Both of our toes got cold even with insulated boots on. Good thing that we had gloves and about 4 layers of clothes on too. At first, all we could get to bite were bluegills and a few small crappie. After about 2 hours, the bigger crappie suddenly turned on and we had a blast for a little while. The wind was blowing so hard that we had difficulty staying on the fish. We would catch one fish, get off the trolling motor to take care of it and by the time we got back on the trolling motor, the wind had pushed us 20 yards off course. Spent more time getting into position to fish than we had fishing time seemed like. emoBigsmile Anyway, I had a great time, Chris. Let's do this again sometime.

BTW, we caught the fish under floaters set about 5' deep and on the edge of the creek channel near stumps. A tube with any combination of color as long as it had some red seemed to be the hotter lure. emoGeezer

 

[TennesseeTalker]

How did you get the bird out of the line?  I bet that was a mess!  Nice looking fish .. cold looking fisherman!</p>

You deserve the medal of honor for being out on the water today!</p>

TT</p>

 

[drumking]

TennesseeTalker - 1/16/2007 4:10 PM



How did you get the bird out of the line?  I bet that was a mess!  Nice looking fish .. cold looking fisherman!</p>

You deserve the medal of honor for being out on the water today!</p>

TT</p>

He was one highly agitated critter. I just watched as Fishinvol got pecked to death while he unwrapped that bird. You would think that Mr Gull would be more thankful instead of such a squawker. He let us know about it when he flew safely off after release. emoBigsmile emoGeezer

 

[TennesseeTalker]

Hmmm .. how do you know the bird was a he???</p>

J/K .. not going there again!</p>

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TT</p>

 

[drumking]

TennesseeTalker - 1/16/2007 4:19 PM



Hmmm .. how do you know the bird was a he???</p>

J/K .. not going there again!</p>

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TT</p>

Ok, then we won't talk about the rattling noise that we heard as he took off. emoBigsmile

 

[Triton4Bass]

nice bird! i caught a duck about a month ago on a spinnerbait, that was an experience!

 

[2jigs]

You ol'boys are crazy!!!! Too cold for me.emoWorthy emoWorthy emoWorthy emoWorthyI can't take the cold 34-38 & the wind 8-15. DK you sure do love fishingemoThumbsup

 

[drumking]

2jigs - 1/16/2007 7:56 PM

You ol'boys are crazy!!!! Too cold for me.emoWorthy emoWorthy emoWorthy emoWorthyI can't take the cold 34-38 & the wind 8-15. DK you sure do love fishingemoThumbsup

Gotta do it now. Not going to have much time in Mar, Apr, and May.emoGeezer

 

[DHaun]

Great report as usual Drumking - Thanks! That is a great looking warmouth Fishnvol - incredible colors on that fish.

 

[shsimons]

Fishinvol,

I caught a drum the other day, was praying it was a big smallmouth. That is an incredible looking warmouth, never quite seen anything like.

congrats on catching fish in some of the worst conditions possible.

 

[fishinvol]

shsimons - 1/16/2007 7:10 PM

Fishinvol,

I caught a drum the other day, was praying it was a big smallmouth. That is an incredible looking warmouth, never quite seen anything like.

congrats on catching fish in some of the worst conditions possible.

Today was pretty darn cold,but as long as we were catching fish it didn't bother me too bad. The wind was the killer for sure! I actually cought another warmouth with the same coloration. They were beautiful fish! Thanks again Drumking!! As usual you managed to put us on fish! Hopefully next time we can get you hooked up with a seagull!

 

[fisherpal2k]

  Good job guys. Good report..

 

[polo-dog]

It sounds like you guys had a lot of fun and caught at least some fish worth talking about. So the fish weren't easy to find in Richland yet this winter. Do you think that the water is still too warm for them to be in their usual haunts this time of year? After the next few cold nights and cool days they may stack up for you.

 

[bass15]

It's always warmer when you're catching fish.emoToast

 

[TennesseeTalker]

drumking - 1/16/2007 4:50 PM

TennesseeTalker - 1/16/2007 4:19 PM

Hmmm .. how do you know the bird was a he???</p>

J/K .. not going there again!</p>

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TT</p>

Ok, then we won't talk about the rattling noise that we heard as he took off. emoBigsmile

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Hmmm ... rattling noise?  The noise determines whether or not its a he gull or a she gull?  Somehow I find that hard to believe but hey ... I'm up for an explaination!  </p>

TT</p>

 

[drumking]

J/K, TT.