Went out with my buddy Tom (Flatlander2000 on here)and hit a few spots that produce in higher flow. Wow – what a difference some water makes! We caught 5 cats and had a few other misses.
The best by far of the night came at just after 11:00 when Tom got a solid hit. We were in snag city, so it wasn’t long before he was into the wood and refusing to come out. Good line saved Tom as he pulled him into the snag several times and let him take line back. As he was in his quandry, his other rod got a hit and I got to horse a 5 pounder out of a lesser snag while he sat. We knew his fish was big enough to bother with, so we reeled in the other lines and let out enough anchor rope to get right above the fish/snag. I poked down there a few times with a push pole and eventually he came out and almost immediately was at the surface. We were right – he was big:
This one measured 44 inches and tipped the scales at 45 – by far our best fish of the year.
Loving the cooler/faster water!
Two items: we sat for a long time on that spot before having action, and we caught small fish at the same time too, so the ideas that small ones mean no big ones, and that you should move if you’re not getting them both get shot down in this instance…
