03-31-2009, 09:00 AM
I had a trip scheduled with Larry Marshall a couple of weeks ago, the Saturday a monsoon hit and we were forced to postpone. Today the monsoons were gone, but the wind wasn&#39;t. emoAngry <br /><br />We started out after crappie up on the lake. We managed a handful of keepers on some shallow stumps, plus a BIG BONUS BASS. He gave Larry one serious tussle on the crappie rod. I was proud to see this one slide into the net (Yes, I had a net today). Larry said it was his personal best bass. But it wasn&#39;t long after the bonus bass that the wind ripped the lake to shreds. We finally figured out it was time to go to Plan B.<br /><br />Of course Plan B for me always means catfish (when it&#39;s not Plan A). So off we went to try and hide from the wind beneath the Dam. When we first arrived the fish were on fire! emoEek In almost no time we put four fish in the boat between 20 and 25 lbs. each... plus our big fish today, a 31 lber. It was great fun listening to a catfish newbie exclaim with shock and awe at the power of big blues. emoBig
<br /><br />We managed several other solid fish between 5 and 15... then TVA slowed the water flow and the cats shut down like flippin&#39; a switch. We switched over in search of tailwater crappie and found quite a few. But it was tough fishing in the screaming wind. However Larry headed back home with a cooler full of eater blues, some crappie and some bull bream, which means life is good and gettin&#39; better every day! emoThumbsup<br />
<br /><br />We managed several other solid fish between 5 and 15... then TVA slowed the water flow and the cats shut down like flippin&#39; a switch. We switched over in search of tailwater crappie and found quite a few. But it was tough fishing in the screaming wind. However Larry headed back home with a cooler full of eater blues, some crappie and some bull bream, which means life is good and gettin&#39; better every day! emoThumbsup<br />