07-10-2009, 09:00 AM
fished this morning with a friend. we were just going to fish til around 9am... we got there right before daylight and through topwater... we boated about 12 or so on top.. most fish were close to 3lbs with 2 of the them pushing for and one about 4 and half or so.. we swithed to throwing a worm and jig and caught several more... nothing over 4 lbs.. i let off one that felt heavy...but who knows... ran in to peck. and chit chatted for a few and saw his parnter catch a couple decent keepers... ended up leaving around 10... best 5 18lbs<br /><br />this eveing the wife and kid wanted to go riding so we put the boat in around 7 at 117 and rode up river for ways and i couldnt help but fish atleast for 15 or 20 minutes... on the second cast i set the hook on what i figured to be a small kentucky... so i let the 2yr old do the honors and reel it in.. which he had a blast with... as it got close to the boat i noticed it was pulling a lot harder than at first... he finally got it up and to the boat and it was a 5lb smallie... so i had to help him get in the net.... thanks to mom for running the net for us... it was an awesome deal... worth the whole trip.. on the next cast i caught another smallie and it wasnt as big but still a nice one.. almost 4lbs... we let mom reel that one in... finished up my 20 minutes of fishing this evening with a 20 inch jack... im not sure on where that stacks up with the rest of the jacks.. i havent caught but 3 or 4 of them in my life.. but i felt like it was a pretty good one.... a lot bigger than the others i have caught.... i caught the smallies on a shaky head... and the jack too.<br /><br />good day fishing... cant wait til tomorrow...