drumking, chickamauga, bass and crappie, 5/27/09, Bassert

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Pat Ryan and I were trying to be the only idiots on the lake this morning, but we did see a few late in the morning. Did I mention that it rained. We started off above the dam looking for spots. It rained. There was trash everywhere and it rained. We threw several different baits, caught a couple of crappie and then it rained.<br /><br />When the spots didn't cooperate, we said to heck with this and went to docks to crappie fish. And it rained. But we didn't care. The crappie were biting. I had a rain suit and didn't really get wet. Pat only had a raincoat. No pants. It rained and he got soaked. We each caught a lot of fish on different docks. Then the rains came. One of the highlights of the morning was a turtle that Pat Hooked under one of my favorite docks. I did a great job of netting this beast and the skies opened up and poured.<br /><br />Finally along toward the end of our fishing adventure, the sun popped out and I was able to take off my rainsuit. Poor Pat. Soaked to the bone like a drowned rat. But he had fun. He kept saying how beautiful the day was. I think that he may need a trip to the Bend for a shock treatment. emoBig <br /><br />It was another good day with a special friend that I met because of the CFF. Thanks, David Haun. Thanks, Firstlight. Thanks, BBass, BPrice, and others who have helped make this a great place to visit. <br /><br />We caught our fish on bg shads, panfish assassins, slab slayers, in bluish colors. I custom made some s/p assassins with light blue top/chartreuse tail and bottom. Did it with a Q-tip. This is a great tip for some of you guys. The crappie seemed to really like this combo. Did I mention that it rained on us nearly all morning? emoBig emoGeezer