Back in the mountains.
Posted: August 4th, 2008, 9:18 pm
Had my last final on thursday moved out and headed home friday morning. Called up one of my buddies from home and we decide to fish and camp on our native stretch of water. Get it all worked out and hit my home stretch of water at noon after leaving the canoe paddles at home. Start floating downstream fishing culprit worms (7.5") in crawdad color. Fish ledges and live bottom end up catching about 10 bass until we got chased to our campsite by a thunderstorm. Set up camp and waited out the storm. Night set in and head to my log jam to catch some food. Nailed 6 cats kept 3. Roll out of bed at 6am after a long night of stories from school and some good laughs. Pass up a flat stretch of water and target the same features as the day before. With the passing of the cold front the evening before the fish were deep and in cover. Caught 3 bass on flukes (smoke) and pulled out of the water 10 miles from where we started the day before. I have forgotten how hard river smallmouth bass fight. For you Georgia boys they resemble the fight of a Shoal Bass. Largest smallmouth was 17.5" which is pretty big for this stretch of river. Most were in the 10-15" range with a couple of smaller ones.
17.5" Smallmouth Bass
17.5" Smallmouth Bass
