m17glock, chicamauga, crappie, 7/5/2010, glock" tore em up " jr. another tarp and 4 HOF

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<br /> rolled jr out of bed at 5am and he hem-hawed around about going .. finally decided he would go with me and we hit the water at grasshopper around 6:30am to 65f air and 82f water. <br /> decided to go deep early and hit some vertical structure in 28 fow i started of with 3 dinks on the first 3 casts at a 12 count with a "smelt" 2" berkley power minnow while jr was still trying to wake up. <br /> dropped to a 15 count and started keeping it VERY tight to the structure and started getting keepers emoBig . jr finally started getting into the swing of the light bite and put a few shorts and keepers in the boat with one being 13-1/2 " for his first HOF of the day emoParty <br /> they started getting lock jaw there (still plenty of fish to be seen on the humminbird SI ) so we went to try some dock shooting . we only managed 2 more keepers there but did run into catfish1 and friend floyd g , chatted for a bit with them before moving on. <br /><br /> tried a couple of more docks with no luck then scouted some bluff areas as well with nothing to show. <br /> since we were close i decided to check out one of my favorite early spring/late fall floating docks . i didnt expect much because its only in 10 fow boy was i SURPRISED emoScratch <br /> we started getting bit right off of the bat with PA crystal shads on a 6 COUNT emoScratch in 85f water emoScratch that was only 10ft deep emoScratch in the middle of summer emoScratch <br /> and not just short fish but big fat SLABS emoScratch jr picked up his 2 and 3rd hof fish . <br /> i gave catfish1 a call and told to get to where i was at if he wanted something for the fryer . by the time he did make it up to me the frenzy was over but we still managed to pick a few more good keepers off of it <br /> including jr's 3rd TARP and 4th HOF fish of the day emoParty emoParty we left catfish and floyd with it to try a few more places but the water gnats and destroyers had the water tore up pretty good so we put the boat on the trailer at about 2pm and headed home . <br /> ended up with 24 nice keepers and 28 shorts with most of the keepers going home with riverrat to help feed the foster kids he has living with him. <br /> <br /> all in all another great day on the water ..... <br /> <br /> oh and i think my youngest is about ready to start going out with us emoBig <br /> and a picture of floyd with his fish <br />